Mao’s Last Dancer
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.
Top cast
Bruce GreenwoodBen Stevenson
Kyle MacLachlanCharles Foster
Joan ChenNiang
Chi CaoLi Cunxin - adult
Amanda SchullElizabeth Mackey
Wang ShuangbaoDia
Aden YoungDilworth
Jack ThompsonJudge Woodrow Seals
Penne Hackforth-JonesCynthia Dodds- Chengwu GuoLi Cunxin - teenage
- Wen Bin HuangLi Cunxin - boy
- Madeleine EastoeLori
Below are the streaming services currently carrying the movie “Mao’s Last Dancer” in Canada, along with how each offers it (subscription, buy, or rent) and a direct link. Licensing differs by market, so availability in Canada can differ from other countries.
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Availability can change as licenses rotate — confirm on the provider’s page before subscribing. Last checked: 15 Sept 2026.