红色娘子军 (1960)电影 Film & (1972) 舞剧 Ballet 剧照 (THE RED DETACHMENT OF WOMEN)

This movie 电影, "the Red Detachment of Women" 红色娘子军, was produced in 1960 in Shanghai. And the same named Ballet was created in 1972 of the Cultural Revolution era, according to Jiangqing 江青's command. Even the topic of this movie and ballet was quite political, particularly the re-visiting of the ballet would remind Chinese people of the Cultural Revolution, however this Ballet form itself of 红色娘子军 currently is very popular in China, due to its highest artistic achievements in every aspect.

When U.S. President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger visited China in 1972, Chinese Premier Zhou1 En1 Lai2 周恩来 and Jiang1 Qing1 江青 particularly accompanied them both seeing this Ballet. We would wonder how President Nixon thought about it when he's sitting there - its political content then? He might be murmuring to himself: "I am an absolute harsh harsh right-winged 'White Army', how could I enjoy those left-winged 'Red Army' 's dances"? Yet I won't worry for Kissinger, simply he's professor of Harvard, I assumed he must be pretty much open-minded.