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 Harris Odette Harris Odette Harris is a Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford University. She is the Director of the Brain Injury Program for the Stanford Medical Network. Harris graduated from Dartmouth College in 1991. She studied medicine at Stanford University. She was the only black woman in her class at medical school, and the only woman during her residency. She completed a masters of public health in epidemiology at University of California, Berkeley, in 2001. In 2007 she joined Louisiana State University working on peripheral neuropathy. She completed a fellowship at the University of the West Indies. Her speciality is traumatic