The Red Detachment of Women (Chinese: 红色娘子军; pinyin: Hóngsè niángzǐ jūn) is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964 and was made one of the Eight Model Operas which dominated the national stage during the Cultural Revolution.

Jul 5, 2019 · “The Red Detachment of Women,” telling the story of an all-female special company of the Chinese Red Army, is China’s first original ballet production that was premiered by the National Ballet of China in 1964.

Feb 22, 2021 · As pointed out by Emily Wilcox in Revolutionary Bodies: Chinese Dance and the Socialist Legacy, at the whim of one woman — Jiang Qing — Western ballet had suffocated a national dance culture. The Red Detachment of Women was turned into …

Jan 29, 2022 · Press CC for translation (English and Chinese) Clipped from the movie "The Last Emperor" (1987) Red Guard 红卫兵 Loyalty Dance 忠字舞 "Revolutionary Rebellion" 革命造反歌...more.

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China's "red dance" presents the characteristics of the spread of three styles of military dance, national folk dance and modern dance. KEYWORDS Red dance; Style formation; Aesthetic characteristics

May 6, 2025 · It begins with a rural woman, Wu Qionghua, who escapes a life of slavery under her cruel landlord Nan Batian, and joins a legendary all-female Red Army battalion, led by commander Hong Changqing on Hainan Island during the civil war in the early 1930s.

Jul 5, 2019 · “The Red Detachment of Women,” telling the story of an all-female special company of the Chinese Red Army, is China’s first original ballet production that was premiered by the National Ballet of China in 1964.

Jun 26, 2015 · On July 11 and 12, the National Ballet of China will bring its country’s most famous ballet, “The Red Detachment of Women,” to the Lincoln Center Festival.

The Red Detachment of Women (Chinese: 红色娘子军; pinyin: Hóngsè niángzǐ jūn) is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964 and was made one of the Eight Model Operas which dominated the national stage during the Cultural Revolution.