"HER EYES AFLAME WITH HATRED..."

Ballets are eternal. Who didn't have to sit through the Nutcracker over the holidays with its 50's Balanchine choreography? But why don't dance companies do something that might get real people into seats? Like ballets featuring "Rifle Drill", "Grenade Practice" and descriptions like "Her eyes aflame with hatred, she will wreck this man-beast's lair at the first chance." Bring back China's "The Red Detachment of Women" - after you browse this photo essay on this Cultural Revolution ballet you're gonna want to see the whole thing.