"Director Zhang Yimou, composer Chen Qigang, ballet choreographer Wang Xinpeng, outstanding Chinese choreographer Wang Yuanyuan, and French costume designer Jérôme Kaplan. This specially invited international creative team has created a modern ballet that is an organic fusion of classic Chinese national art elements such as cinematic art, shadow puppetry and Beijing opera with Western ballet."

The National Ballet of China was founded in December of 1959. All of the company's outstanding artists come from professional academies. During decades of care and support from the government and friends from all social sectors, the company has never ceased enriching its solid Russian foundations with works of different schools and styles. The company’s repertoire includes classics like Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Giselle, Carmen, Onegin, and The Little Mermaid, as well as original creations like The Red Detachment of Women, The New Year Sacrifice, Yellow River, Raise the Red Lantern, The Peony Pavilion, The Chinese New Year (Chinese version of The Nutcracker) and The Crane Whisperer. By both performing Western ballets and creating works of its own with distinct national characteristics, the company has found a successful path for the development of Chinese ballet. It is fusing the classical and the modern, and cultures from all over the world.

Over more than 50 years, the company is proud to have made great achievements in talent training and stage productions, as well as in ballet promotion and education. Numerous ballet dancers, choreographers, musicians and stage artists have won major international awards, and have collaborated with international stars in their respective fields. The company has a repertoire of nearly 200 ballets, several of which are now known as classic Chinese works of art, and have become famous internationally.

As a world-renowned company with great international influence, the National Ballet of China serves as a cultural envoy and an important window to the nation, spreading the essence of Chinese culture. Meanwhile, it also endeavors to present high-class performances to the Chinese audience, and to promote the art form in universities, communities and among children. In accordance with their motto "United, Pragmatic, Independent, and Enterprising", the company members are following the steps of their hard-working predecessors to make great strides in realization of their dreams.

Currently, Feng Ying, a well-known ballerina and ballet mistress in China is the Executive Director and the Artistic Director of the National Ballet of China.