Mao’s Last Dancer
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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- Cast
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Mao’s Last Dancer
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
Drama, Romance
User Score
66%
Original Title
Mao’s Last Dancer
Production Companies
Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.
Director
Bruce Beresford
Budget
$25,000,000
Revenue
$23,900,000
Description
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.
