Mao’s Last Dancer

Mao’s Last Dancer

6.6 | 2009-10-01 | 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 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.

Featured Crew

Bruce Beresford Director
Jan Sardi Screenplay
Cunxin Li Author
Geng Ling Co-Producer
Troy Lum Executive Producer
Sue MacKay Line Producer
Jane Scott Producer
Christopher Gordon Music
Peter James Director of Photography
Mark Warner Editor

Cast

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
Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Greenwood
Ben Stevenson
Amanda Schull
Amanda Schull
Elizabeth Mackey
Kyle MacLachlan
Kyle MacLachlan
Charles Foster
Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson
US Federal Judge
Camilla Vergotis
Camilla Vergotis
Mary McKendry

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