

Overview
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 falls 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.
Year 2009
Director Bruce Beresford
Crew Bruce Beresford (Director), Troy Lum (Executive Producer), Cunxin Li (Author), Sue MacKay (Line Producer), Elaine Kusmishko (Art Direction), Peter James (Director of Photography)
Popularity 2
Language 普通话, English