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Description: In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.

Cast:
Li - as an adult: Chi Cao
Ben Stevenson: Bruce Greenwood
Cynthia Dodds: Penne Hackforth-Jones
Mason: Christopher Kirby
Betty Lou: Suzie Steen
Lori: Madeleine Eastoe
Dilworth: Aden Young
Li - as a child: Wen Bin Huang
Jing Tring - 8 yrs: Shu Guang Liang
Cunfar - 14 yrs: Ye Wang
Gong Mei: Neng Neng Zhang
Shen Yu: Wan Shi Xu
Yang Ping: Shao Wei Yi
Teacher Song: Hui Cong Zhan
Headmaster: Ji Feng Sun
Official Guan: Zhi Xue Chai
Official Chan Feng: Chang Suo Zhang
Official Yu: Jie Cheng
Niang: Joan Chen
Dia: Shuangbao Wang
Cunyuan - 21 yrs: Zheng Nong Yang
Cunmao - 19 yrs: Yang Li
Cunsang - 17 yrs: Wen Bin Zhang
Consul Zhang: Ferdinand Hoang
Door Soldier: Tian Xia
Long Face Boy: Yue Hu
Clumsy Somersault Boy: Jia Hui Zhang
Boy Candidate: Hang Yu
Advisor Xu: Bao Li
Shing Hua - 11 yrs: Hao Tian Xue
Chung Jun Town Leader: Hui Min Tian
Chan Lan District Chief: Yu Qi Zhang
Cuncia: Hong Tao Wang
Miss So: Ping Chen
Mr. Hung: Peng Cao
Teacher Chan: Su Zhang
Lau - 11 yrs: Ming Yue Ma
Su - 11 yrs: Jian Wang
Tong - 11 yrs: Chang He
Lujun - 12 yrs: Jun Ming Tian
Director Wang: Xiguo Wu
Teacher Gao: Gang Jiao
Li - as a teenager: Chengwu Guo
Mistress Chiu Ho: Jun Ping Zhu
Shing Hua - 15 yrs: Meng Ni Yang
Lau - 15 yrs: Zu Quan Kou
Su - 15 yrs: Cheng Yue Zhu
Tong - 15 yrs: Long Dai
Lujun - 16 yrs: Hong Jian Li
Bobby: Steven Heathcote
Madame Official: Xiuqing Yue
Madame's Companion: Jun Long Kang
Bow Shooter: Meng Wang
Cobbler: Feng Qi Ma
Shing Hua - 19 yrs: Ya Xuan Xu
Lau - 19 yrs: Jia Yong Sun
Su - 19 yrs: Ke Zhu
Tong - 19 yrs: Lu Ning Chen
Lujun - 20 yrs: Hong Tao Lin
Mary: Camilla Vergotis
Chinese Translator: Fan Wang
Cunfar - 21 yrs: Xiao Dong Tian
Jing Tring - 15 yrs: Huai Ping Yang
Elizabeth: Amanda Schull
Mrs. Tan: Monica Curran
MC: Lucy Egger
Assistant Stage Manager: Alice Parkinson
David: Kip Gamblin
Swan Lake Conductor: Paul Stanhope
Charles Foster: Kyle MacLachlan
Anita Jones: Deni Hines
Press Photographer: Peter Steele
Maítre D': Michael Moore
Vice Consul Lan: Jon-Claire Lee
Security Guard #1: Min Lu
Security Guard #2: Robin Choi
Security Guard #3: Ron Lee
Security Guard #4: Cory Vi
Security Guard #5: Cheuk-Fai Chan
Security Guard #6: Sean Huling Chen
Consul Duty Officer: Quan Tran
Judge Woodrow Seals: Jack Thompson
China Desk Officer: Gibson Nolte
Newsreader: Ted Maynard
TV Reporter: Nicholas Hammond
FBI Man: Chad H. Loxsom
TV Presenter: Leslie Bell
WTC Backstage Manager: Ian Meadows
Houston Ballet Conductor: George Ellis
Senator: John Thwaites
Senator's Wife: Jane Harders
Reception Guest: Leanne Atkins
The Boy Who Asks: Dan Yang Cong
Member, The Australian Ballet: Vivienne Wong
Member, Sydney Dance Company: Jason Wilcock
Bobby's Wife: Sam Czura
Opera Patron: Debra Freeman
Houston Ballet Cellist: David Hov
Ballet Patron: Brennan Muhoberac
Opera Singer: Robert Roworth
Stage Manager: Sam Anderson
Self: Zedong Mao
Theatre Audience Member: Jay Finocchiaro
Bar Worker: Andrew Fritz
Aspiring Dancer: Laurence Fuller
Audience Member: Graham Gall
Office Worker: Tony Hall
Concert Patron: Brenda Kuciemba
Dancer: Suzi-Ann Ryan
Galleria Shopper: Kay Salem
Frizzy Head Girl: Chloe Traicos
Texas Security: Cleave Williams

Written by: Jan Sardi, Cunxin Li

Director: Bruce Beresford

Production: Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.

Release date: 01 Oct 2010

Box Office: $4,817,770