Screenwriter Sues For Back Royalties On Red Detachment Of Women Ballet "Last November, actress Liang Danni filed a complaint in Beijing's Xicheng District Court against the National Ballet of China on behalf of her 87-year-old father, claiming 550,000 yuan ($86,968) in compensation and demanding a public apology. The elder Liang wrote the script for the original, film version of
The Red Detachment of Women, from which the iconic Cultural Revolution ballet was adapted.
China Daily 05/23/12