
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…
PG • Drama, Romance • Movie • 2009 • 1h 57m
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen
Director: Bruce Beresford
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.
PG • Drama, Romance • Movie • 2009