Dancing Through the Shadow
2021-09-01This is a riveting narrative of the life of Tia Zhang, a young Chinese ballerina who came of age during the reign of Mao Zedong.

This is a riveting narrative of the life of Tia Zhang, a young Chinese ballerina who came of age during the reign of Mao Zedong.

Tia
Kristina Tonteri-Young

Young Tia
Glee Dango

Jason
Jonathan Kim

Tia's Mother
Uni Park

Nai Nai
Mung-Ling Tsui

Baba
Russell Yuen

Tia's Sister
Marianna Phung

Chun
Crystal Yu

Shi
Daniel Jun

Louise Turner
Brittany Bristow

Shuang (Age 6 / 8)
Ian Ho

Elena
Anastasia Marinina

Dai Aileen
Jinny Wong

General Secretary Youth League
Jeff Yung

Mr. Wong
Henry Kwok

John Fraser
Brent Crawford

Shuang (Age 14)
Ethan Hwang

Red Guard
Lisa Truong

Resident's Committee Woman
Aura Carcueva

Male Red Guard #1
Emerson Wong

Huang
Scott Dion Brown

Loud Student #2
Alexander Wong

Loud Student #1
Nomin Bayasgalan
Dancer
Amelia Hironaka
Dancer
Elizabeth Christine Lee
Dancer
Kaela Willey
Dancer
Jacqueline Olivia Lee

Dancer
Siam Yu

Dancer
Harriet Chung

Dancer
Miho Suzuki
Wen
Frank Chung

Mrs. Li
Masami T. Clarke
Elizabeth MacCallum
Marcia Gleeson
Shuang
Neil Emmanuel Lu

State Farm Soldier
Rhett Morita

Teacher
Mark Rainmaker
Dancer
Jade Whitney