A dancer from National Ballet of China performs the Mao-era ballet  "The Red Detachment of Women" in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Signature works such as "The Red Detachment of Women",  a rousing story about a peasant girl liberated by communism and her heroic turn in an all-female army troupe, satisfy a taste for nostalgia among China's older audiences and are kitschy fun for younger crowds.