Mao’s Last Dancer

Mao’s Last Dancer

"Before you can fly, you have to be free."
  • 2009
  • 1 hr 57 min
  •  6.6  (118)
  •   Released

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.

Mao’s Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer - Official HD Trailer by Bruce Beresford

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Description
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.
  • Release Date
    2009
  • Runtime
    1 hr 57 min
  • Language
    en
  • Rating
    6.6  (118)