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Mao’s Last Dancer
2009, Oct 01
1h 57m
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.
Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Bruce Greenwood
Ben Stevenson
Kyle MacLachlan
Charles Foster
Amanda Schull
Elizabeth Mackey
Yue Xiuqing
Madame Official
Joan Chen
Niang
Nicholas Hammond
TV Reporter
Aden Young
Dilworth
Jack Thompson
Judge Woodrow Seals
Christopher Kirby
Mason
Wang Shuangbao
Dia
Alice Parkinson
Assistant Stage Manager
Jiao Gang
Teacher Gao
Penne Hackforth-Jones
Cynthia Dodds
Ted Maynard
Newsreader
Ian Meadows
WTC Backstage Manager
Suzie Steen
Betty Lou
Ferdinand Hoang
Consul Zhang
Deni Hines
Anita Jones
Jane Harders
Senator's Wife
Chi Cao
Li Cunxin - adult
Kip Gamblin
David
Steven Heathcote
Bobby Cordner
Chengwu Guo
Li Cunxin - teenage
Madeleine Eastoe
Lori
Camilla Vergotis
Mary McKendry
Yang Li
Cunmao - 19 yrs
Xiguo Wu
Director Wang
Jon-Claire Lee
Vice Consul Lan
Robin Choi
Security Guard
Ron Lee
Security Guard
Cory Vi
Security Guard
Chan Cheuk-Fai
Security Guard
Gibson Nolte
China Desk Officer
Nicholas McKay
TV Reporter
Leslie Bell
TV Presenter
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