Mao’s Last Dancer

Mao’s Last Dancer

2009
1h 57min

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.

Storyline

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.

    Released
    October 2009
    Runtime
    1h 57min
    Director
    Budget
    $25,000,000
    Revenue
    $23,900,000
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
    Production
    Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.
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