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Mao's last dancer

Label
Mao's last dancer
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rating: PG
Main title
Mao's last dancer
Runtime
113
Summary
Drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxinches 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
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action

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