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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.

Status: Released
Released Date: 2009-10-01
Runtime: 117 mins
Director: Bruce Beresford
Spoken language: 普通话, English
Genres: Drama, Romance
Original title: Mao’s Last Dancer
Production Companies: Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.
Production Countries: Australia, China

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