Jiankui Liu started learning Latin dance when he was 39 years old. He was born in the year the People’s Republic of China was founded. In his performance, he recounts his personal life during the Mao era. At the age of 19, he responded to the CCP’s call, “Go to the frontier, to the place where the motherland needs it most,” and went to the Sino-Soviet border, where he became a border guard on a military farm for 11 years.

In those days, people’s bodies didn’t belong to them, they couldn’t know when would they separate from their families and when to reunite. They also couldn’t pursue their loved ones and couldn’t choose the life they wanted to lead due to social and political reasons.

In the 80s, Jiankui, now in his 40s, was introduced to Latin dance. For the first time, he discovered that his body, which may be a little old, is just as beautiful and unique as any other person’s body. Consequently, he now decides to perform, so that he can show his dance and story about his life to the audience. 

刘建奎在39岁时才开始学习拉丁舞。他在中华人民共和国成立的那一年出生。在展示自己的舞蹈时，他叙述了毛时代的个人生活。他在19岁的时候响应党的号召，“到边疆去，到祖国最需要的地方去”，来到了中苏边境，在一个军垦农场中成为了一名边防战士。在那个年代，人们的身体不属于自己，无法决定何时跟亲人团聚，何时与他们分别，无法追求自己心爱的人，以及选择想要过的生活。他在冰冷的荒原上生活了11年。

刘建奎在39岁时才开始学习拉丁舞。他在中华人民共和国成立的那一年出生。在展示自己的舞蹈时，他叙述了毛时代的个人生活。在19岁时，他响应党的号召：“到边疆去，到祖国最需要的地方去”，来到了中苏边境，并在一个军垦农场中成为了一名边防战士，在冰冷的荒原上生活了11年。在那个年代，人们的身体不属于自己，无法决定何时跟亲人团聚，何时与他们分别，无法追求自己心爱的人，以及选择想要过的生活。

80年代，已届40的刘建奎接触到了拉丁舞，他在舞蹈中头一次发现了自己的身体，它也许有点老了，但它同样美丽，而且就跟其他任何人的身体一样，是独一无二的。