She is one of the pioneers of Chinese ballet art,and one of the choreographers of The Red Detachment of Women.Working together with Li Chengxiang and Wang Xixian, she perfectly integrated Westernballet into Chinese folk dance and created the classical Chinese ballet;she is the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the "Lotus Award" for Chinese Dance. During her career of ballet choreography for over half acentury,she has made great contributions to the nationalization of ballet art and the globalization of Chinese dance.She is Jiang Zuhui,the famous ballet artist, national-level choreographer,former Deputy Director of the National Ballet of China.

On the morning of March 4^th, 2019, Jiang Zuhui, now 85years old, was interviewed and recalled the old memories of creating The RedDetachment of Women at the National Ballet of China.

From left: WangXixian, Li Chengxiang, Bai Shuxiang, Zhao Ruheng

Jiang Zuhuitogether with Feng Ying, Wang Caijun, Zhang Dandan, Sun Jie and others inrehearsals.

 Prelude: In a dungeonof local despot Nan Batian

“Qionghua” by Xue Jinghua

“Lao Si” by Wan Qiwu

Scene One

Qionghua escapedfrom Nan Batian's water dungeon, hiding in the pitch-dark coconut woods

“Qionghua” by Bai Shuxiang

 Scene Two: At theSquare in the Red Area.

Scene One

Qionghua iscaptured by Lao Si

“Qionghua” by Bai Shuxiang

“Lao Si” by Wan Qiwu

 Scene Three

 Dance ofthe Li-nationality Girls

Scene Four

Happy WomenSoldiers

The dancers wentto Datong to learn shooting as soldiers

Coming backafter shooting practice