 Her breakthrough in London, 1951, celebrated Holger with the premiere of "Under the Sea", inspired by the composition by Camille Saint-Saens.In 1972 she performed a piece titled "Man against flood", it was based on the book of the same name written by Chinese Communist Party member Rewi Alley.It was performed at the Commonwealth Institute with music by Chinese composer Yin Chengzong, and included dancers forming a human wall against a flood of water.