Mao’s Last Dancer
Release Date: Oct 01, 2009
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Genres: Drama, Romance
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.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
Chi Cao | Li Cunxin - adult
Chengwu Guo | Li Cunxin - teenage
Wen Bin Huang | Li Cunxin - boy
Joan Chen | Niang
Bruce Greenwood | Ben Stevenson
Amanda Schull | Elizabeth Mackey
Featured Crew
Bruce Beresford | Director
Troy Lum | Executive Producer
Cunxin Li | Author
Sue MacKay | Line Producer
Elaine Kusmishko | Art Direction
Peter James | Director of Photography
