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.
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| Directing | Bruce Beresford | Director |
| Production | Troy Lum | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Cunxin Li | Author |
| Production | Sue MacKay | Line Producer |
| Art | Elaine Kusmishko | Art Direction |
| Camera | Peter James | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kerrie Brown | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Mark Warner | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ziggy Golden | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Geng Ling | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maree McDonald | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Xin Mu | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Jan Sardi | Screenplay |
| Sound | Christopher Gordon | Music |
| Art | Herbert Pinter | Production Design |
| Production | Jane Scott | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Borghesi | Costume Design |
