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.
Release Date: 2009-10-01
Original Language: en
Genres: Drama Romance
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Li Cunxin - adult
Li Cunxin - teenage
Li Cunxin - boy
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Elizabeth Mackey
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US Federal Judge
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Bobby Cordner
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Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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