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 (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