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.

Coco Chanel
2008
6.6/10

Footloose
1984
6.7/10

Take the Lead
2006
6.9/10

The Greatest Showman
2017
7.9/10

Save the Last Dance
2001
6.5/10

Nobody Has to Know
2022
6.7/10

The American
2023
6.8/10

Ali and Nino
2016
6.5/10

The Turning Point
1977
6.6/10

StreetDance 3D
2010
6.4/10

The Golden Bowl
2000
5.9/10

The Red Shoes
1948
8.0/10

Skin
2009
6.4/10

Dance with Me
1998
6.9/10

The Lost Husband
2020
6.8/10

Where the Red Fern Grows
2003
6.3/10

High Strung
2016
7.0/10

Great Expectations
2012
6.4/10

The Secret: Dare to Dream
2020
7.3/10

The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
6.0/10
Justice for Annie
1996
5.2/10