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Mao's Last Dancer is a 2009 Australian film based on professional dancer Li Cunxin 's 2003 autobiographical memoir of the same name. Li Cunxin is portrayed by Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Chi Cao, Australian Ballet dancer Chengwu Guo and Huang Wen Bin. The film also stars Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen and Amanda Schull.
Oct 1, 2010 · A film based on the autobiography of Li Cunxin, a Chinese ballet dancer who defected to the West. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and find out more about the plot, trivia, and awards.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Bruce Beresford
- 2010-10-01
Apr 12, 2021 · Sophie Li was born deaf to the famous ballet couple Li Cunxin and Mary McKendry, who met in Houston and starred in the film Mao's Last Dancer. Learn how they coped with Sophie's disability and how she became a dancer herself.
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- Susan Chenery
Aug 20, 2010 · A biopic of Li Cunxin, a Chinese ballet dancer who defected to the US from Beijing. Critics are divided on the film's quality, with some praising its story and others criticizing its sentimentality and pacing.
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- Bruce Beresford
- PG
- Bruce Greenwood
Jun 3, 2010 · Pursuitist. 11.7K subscribers. Subscribed. 252. 36K views 13 years ago. From the Academy Award nominated director Bruce Beresford (DRIVING MISS DAISY, TENDER MERCIES), comes the inspiring true...
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Mao's Last Dancer is a memoir written by Chinese-Australian ballet dancer and author Li Cunxin and first published in 2003. It recounts his journey from a young, impoverished village boy destined to labor in the fields of China to a world-famous professional dancer.
Jan 1, 2003 · 4.13. 30,989 ratings2,094 reviews. Raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, Li Cunxin's childhood revolved around the commune, his family and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book. Until, that is, Madame Mao's cultural delegates came in search of young peasants to study ballet at the academy in Beijing and ...
