For more about Mao's Last Dancer and the Mao's Last Dancer Blu-ray release, see Mao's Last Dancer Blu-ray Review published by Casey Broadwater on June 7, 2011 where this Blu-ray release scored 4.0 out of 5.Director: Bruce Beresford.Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Bruce Greenwood, Joan Chen, Chi Cao, Amanda Schull.f course, Li discovers that it's not half bad in the good old U.S. of A. Thanks to mildly relaxed international relations following Mao's death, Li is sent to the U.S. to study with Stevenson, and he quickly finds personal freedom to his liking.