National Ballet of China

Lincoln Center Festival hosts the National Ballet of China, formed in 1959 and led by Feng Ying, in The Peony Pavilion (July 8–10) and The Red Detachment of Women (July 11, 12). Choreographed by Fei Bo in 2008, Peony Pavilion melds ballet with traditional Chinese opera and folk dance to tell a love story about a young woman who dreams of meeting a scholar. In The Red Detachment of Women (1964), with choreography by Li Chenxiang, Jiang Zuhui and Wang Xixian, a farmer's daughter joins the revolution as a soldier.