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[videorecording]
1 DVD (113 min.) sd., col
direceted by Bruce Beresford ; produced by Jane Scott
Based on the autobiography Mao's last dancer by Li Cunxin Bonus features: Behind the scenes, The making of, deleted scenes, theatrical trailer, photo gallery Summary: 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