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 Babandoa Etoa contravened the constitution. In April 2011, Babandoa Etoa joined Vital Kamerhe's opposition party Union for the Congolese Nation, later becoming Secretary General of the party. She is sometimes referred to as "Joan of Arc" or the "Iron Lady". As of 2016 she is also the "moral authority" of the Union for the Republic in neighbouring Republic of the Congo. In January 2016, she called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to fully assume its independence by publishing a detailed electoral calendar. Babandoa Etoa is married to lawyer Nicolas Okende Katako and has six children. Odette Babandoa Etoa Odette Babandoa Etoa