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10 most classic Chinese dance dramas
Updated: Apr 30, 2021
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2. Ballet The Red Detachment of Women
Premiere: 1964
The National Ballet of China
The dance drama of a story set in Hainan Island in the 1930s, is adapted from the movie of the same name. With the background of Chinese revolutionary story, it narrates the tale of a servant girl who escapes from a local tyrant family and grows into a female soldier with firm Communist faith under the help of a Red Army soldier.
It was pioneering in creating heroic images of Chinese detachment of women wearing "toe shoes". Combining the Western ballet with Chinese ethnic dances, it was a milestone in the history of Chinese ballet history.
