Character dance Character dance Character dance is a specific subdivision of classical dance. It is the stylized representation of a traditional folk or national dance, mostly from European countries, and uses movements and music which have been adapted for the theater. Character dance is integral to much of the classical ballet repertoire. A good example of character dance within ballet is the series of national dances which take place at the beginning of Act III of Swan Lake. The ballet Don Quixote as well as La sylphide also features many character variations based on traditional Spanish dances. Popular character dance adaptations for
Odette (musician) Odette (musician) Georgia Odette Sallybanks, who performs as Odette, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician who was born in Bath, England and grew up in the inner western suburbs of Sydney. Odette was born to a South African mother and an English father. She began writing music at approximately eight years old. In 2017, Odette released her debut single "Watch Me Read You", a piano ballad incorporating spoken word which she wrote in England in 2015. Odette has cited Joanna Newsom, Laura Mvula and her own grandfather (a jazz pianist during the war) as musical influences, and poets John Keats