Mao’s Last Dancer Poster

Mao’s Last Dancer

66.00% | October 1, 2009 | 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 falls 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 Crew

Bruce Beresford
Director
Jane Scott
Producer
Elaine Kusmishko
Art Direction

Cast

Amanda Schull
Amanda Schull
Elizabeth Mackey
Chi Cao
Chi Cao
Li Cunxin - adult
Chengwu Guo
Chengwu Guo
Li Cunxin - teenage
Wen Bin Huang
Wen Bin Huang
Li Cunxin - boy
Joan Chen
Joan Chen
Niang

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