感動(136) George Lee 1980 年以來一直是二十一點發牌員(Four Queens Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas。) From Ballet to Blackjack, a Dance Pioneer’s Amazing Odyssey

 感動(136)  George Lee 1980 年以來一直是二十一點發牌員(Four Queens Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas。)  From Ballet to Blackjack, a Dance Pioneer’s Amazing Odyssey         

From Ballet to Blackjack, a Dance Pioneer’s Amazing Odyssey

George Lee was the original Tea in “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.” A documentary filmmaker found him and a lost part of ballet history in Las Vegas.

Born in Hong Kong in 1935, Lee moved to Shanghai with his mother in 1941,

George Lee at the Four Queens Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. He has been a blackjack dealer since 1980.Credit...Saeed Rahbaran for The New York Times

Lee in his high school years in New York, when he was a student at the School of American Ballet.Credit...George Lee personal collection

George Lee at the Four Queens Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. He has been a blackjack dealer since 1980.

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喬治李在拉斯維加斯的四皇后酒店和賭場。自 1980 年以來，他一直是一名二十一點發牌員。