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Mao’s Last Dancer

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.

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Mao’s Last Dancer

October 1, 2009
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Cast (18)

Chi Cao
Li Cunxin - adult
Chengwu Guo
Li Cunxin - teenage
Wen Bin Huang
Li Cunxin - boy
Joan Chen
Niang
Bruce Greenwood
Ben Stevenson
Amanda Schull
Elizabeth Mackey
Kyle MacLachlan
Charles Foster
Jack Thompson
US Federal Judge
Camilla Vergotis
Mary McKendry
Steven Heathcote
Bobby Cordner
Aden Young
Dilworth
Barbara Bush
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
George H. W. Bush
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mao Zedong
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew (17)

Directing

Writing

Jan Sardi
Screenplay
Cunxin Li
Author

Production

Troy Lum
Executive Producer
Sue MacKay
Line Producer
Jane Scott
Producer
Geng Ling
Co-Producer

Sound

Art

Kerrie Brown
Set Decoration
Herbert Pinter
Production Design
Elaine Kusmishko
Art Direction

Camera

Peter James
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Anna Borghesi
Costume Design
Maree McDonald
Hairstylist
Xin Mu
Makeup Artist
Ziggy Golden
Makeup & Hair

Crew

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Editing

Mark Warner
Editor

Lighting

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Visual Effects

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