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 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.

Tagline:

Before you can fly, you have to be free.

Country:

CN, AU, US

Genre:

Drama, Romance

Released:

2009-10-01

Languages:

Mandarin, English

Companies:

Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.