Mao’s Last Dancer

20091h 57min

At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.

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At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.

Released
October 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 57min
Director
Bruce Beresford
Budget
$25,000,000
Revenue
$23,900,000
Genre
DramaRomance
Language
English
Production
Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.
Cast
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