The National Ballet of Georgia was founded in 1945 as the Georgian State Dance Company, a Soviet-era name that was shed in time. The group managed to popularise traditional Georgian dance and music at such prestigious venues as the Met, La Scala, and the Coliseum. And now for a mind-blowing fact for all you Doctor Who fans: it was a performance by Sukhishvili Ballet that inspired Terry Nation to create Daleks - apparently the long-skirted female performers looked mighty robotic?