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The inspirational true story of a small boys extraordinary journey from poverty as a classical dancer in communist China, to international stardom as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and a principal artist with the Australian Ballet. A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. 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.
