The National Grand Theater's "Public Welfare Block" invites veterans to watch the ballet "Red Detachment of Women"

The 60th anniversary performance of the premiere of the ballet "Red Detachment of Women" by the Central Ballet Troupe was staged at the National Grand Theater. With its unique national ballet vocabulary, familiar classic melodies, and revolutionary storylines full of drama tension, the ballet reproduces the heroic and heroic posture of the women's company and relives the red memories of the beacon years. Among the audience who watched the premiere that night, the National Grand Theater specially invited 28 representatives of outstanding retired soldiers and their families through the "Public Welfare Block". On the occasion of the "August 1st" Army Day, it fully implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, implemented the policy of serving economic and social development, national defense and military construction, and provided service guarantees for retired soldiers with practical actions. It pays tribute to the most beautiful revolutionary soldiers in the new era.

The ballet "Red Detachment of Women" premiered in 1964 is a model of the successful integration of Eastern and Western culture and art, and a milestone work in the history of Chinese ballet creation. The ballet perfectly integrates Western ballet with traditional Chinese opera, classical dance, Li folk dance and army drills, creating a new dance vocabulary that belongs to Chinese national ballet. The ballet has not only successfully created the image of the Chinese Women's Detachment "wearing pointed shoes" of women and men, but also bloomed a dazzling flower of national ballet art in the world dance scene.

When the familiar melody sounded, the audience was moved. In order to fully display the characteristics of the national style, the dance music added elements of traditional national instruments such as sheng, small gong, pipa, and Zhongruan to the symphony, borrowing from the melody of folk songs with local characteristics, and breaking the stereotypes of ballet "mime" in the form of singing and dancing.