From 1950s Beijing to this year's Edinburgh festival, China's national ballet braved revolution and reforms to become a leading presence on the world stageIn shortThe National Ballet of China has been a barometer to the changing fortunes of its country: it imported Soviet ideas before forging its own patriotic style, weathered the Cultural Revolution and adapted to the changing ideologies of state control and the fre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:28PM on August 11, 2011