National Ballet of China National Ballet of China The National Ballet of China (NBC), known in China as the Central Ballet Troupe was founded on 31 December 1959. It is the mainland Chinese national ballet troupe. The ballet company works from the Tianqiao Theater, this was specifically built for NBC in 1959, and it was renovated in 2001. This theater is one of a handful of such theaters in China that specialize in ballet and opera performances. In 1954, the first ballet school in China, Beijing Dance School, was established, and in the following years ballets such as "Swan Lake" and "Romeo and Juliet"
Odette Alonso Odette Alonso Odette Alonso is a poet, storyteller, essayist, and promoter of Cuban literature. She has a degree in Philology. She currently lives in Mexico, where she has resided since 1992. Odette was born in Santiago de Cuba in 1964. She is a member of the Network of Female Latin American Writers ([http://www.wworld.org/about/affiliates/relat.htm <nowiki>Red de Escritoras Latinoamericas [RELAT]</nowiki>]), the Writers' and Artists' Union of Cuba (Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba), and the Union of Women Writers of the Antilles (Unión de Mujeres Escritoras de las Antillas [UMEDA]). Currently, she is an editor of the Dirección de Publicaciones of