Red Detachment of Women (ballet)

The Red Detachment of Women. Soldiers of the Women's Detachment performing rifle drill in Act II, from the 1972 National Ballet of China production.
Red Detachment of Women
Simplified Chinese红色娘子军
Traditional Chinese紅色娘子軍
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHóngsè niángzǐ jūn
Wade–GilesHung2-se4 niang2-tzu3 chün1
IPA[xʊ̌ŋ.sɤ̂ njǎŋ.tsɨ̀ tɕýn]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingHung4-sik1 noeng4-zi2 gwan1

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.