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.
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Bruce Beresford
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I didn't realise this was based on a true story, and he now lives in my state in Australia. What a touching story. But I guess he kind of ruined it for any further exchange programs under Mao's reign. I'll have to watch it now. 😁👍
@jaggirl 20
Great MOVIE!! Based on a true story!
@FucU4ever 13
This was such a touching movie
@nemesisurvivorleon 9
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