Mao’s Last Dancer
"Before you can fly, you have to be free."
Overview
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.
Cast
Details
Status: | Released |
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Release Date: | 2009-10-01 |
Budget: | $25,000,000 |
Revenue: | $23,914,731 |
Production: | Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd. |