BEIJING: The India-China confrontation calmed down for a while as a large number of Chinese thronged for a spectacular performance of Indian classical dance and paid heartfelt tributes to her. zhang junfamous dancer of china Bharatnatyam, Kathak and Odyssey.
Tired of the COVID lockdown and other restrictions in Beijing, more than 300 Zhang Chinese fans flocked to the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) auditorium on Friday night to watch a scintillating performance by young Chinese children as well as highly talented professionals. who devoted his life to practice and performance. Indian classical dance forms in this country.
it was like a dream come true Ginnie Shan Shan, Zhang’s ardent student and a widely acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer in both India and China, followed in her mentor’s footsteps and devoted her life to popularizing Indian classical art.
The audience included India’s Ambassador to China Pradeep Kumar Rawat and former Deputy Finance Minister of China and President of AIIB Jin Liqun, who enthusiastically welcomed the dances of classical Tamil and Hindi music.
Zhang Jun (1933–2012) has inspired generations of Chinese and Indians with his relentless passion for learning Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Odissi and popularizing them in China.
Encouraged by the then Chinese Prime Minister zhu enlai She first visited India in the early 1950s, at the height of the India-China union, during which she became fascinated by Indian dance and art forms.
Leaving Mao Zedong’s disastrous Cultural Revolution (1966–76), during which millions of intellectuals were persecuted, Birju Maharaj, Uday Shankar, and later, a prestigious institution of Bharatanatyam, studied at Kalakshetra, to master the dance forms. He traveled to India seven times. Then in Madras, now in Chennai.
They later helped form China’s famous dance troupes, the Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble, which helped the likes of Jin Shan to undergo rigorous training to emerge as professionals.
Born in 1933 to a family of intellectuals in Qichuan, Hubei province of China, she was married to wei junoConductor of Classical Chinese Orchestra.
He was diagnosed with cancer in 1996 and passed away in 2012, leaving his students and fans deeply saddened.
“She wanted to take the beauty of Indian dance to more people. I hope she continues to enjoy the joy and beauty of Indian dance, on the other side of heaven,” Zhang’s son Han Xiao Xia said while talking about his mother in a special documentary on her life and times called Shown on Friday’s show.
“I remember when I was little, my mother used to go to India, she used to go there many times over the years. The house would be lovely whenever she came back. The house was filled with Indian music every day. From time to time he also had friends who used to visit him.”
“She has taught many outstanding students and she always hoped that her students would surpass her.
“Every day students came to learn the dance from morning till night, some of them were elementary school students,” Han said.
Rawat, who had met Zhang here during her earlier tenure, said she was one of the greatest teachers of Indian classical dance in China.
“I always wondered what attracted her to Indian dance forms because the attraction was so deep, almost soul-touching. It seemed to us that perhaps in her first birth she was born in India and that bond was passed on to China. I took it till this birth.
“His devotion to Indian art forms was absolute. The energy emanating from that devotion attracted many students even at a time when our bilateral relations were going through some turmoil,” said Rawat.
It would be fair to say that Madam Zhang Jun became a movement in itself, he said.
“As a teacher, she inspired many young Chinese people and we see today the result of her inspiration in dances performed through her most famous disciple, Jin Shan Shan.
“Her devotion to Indian art forms is so complete that even during her battle against cancer, she kept returning to teach her students. He also asked Payal to perform the last rites along with him,” said Rawat.
Among those who inherited his position were Jin Shan Shan, who trained with Zhang from the age of 12 and grew to become China’s most famous Indian classical dancers, especially Bharatanatyam.
On Zhang’s advice, Jin joined the Hindi department of Peking University and later went on to study at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, where he was groomed by India’s most famous Bharatanatyam dancer, Leela Samson.
A regular performer at Indian Embassy events, Jin runs her own school of Bharatanatyam, where she has trained over 100 dancers.
Dressed by Jin, his daughter Jessica Wu, Chinese name wujing ziHas already emerged as a star dancer of Bharatanatyam, enthralling audiences in China.
“I made Arangetram (Bharatanatyam dancer’s first formal performance) in 1999, when I was pregnant. She was born with dance in her blood,” Jin told PTI while narrating her passion for Indian dance forms .
“Both countries are ancient civilizations. We have many Indian students who have got to learn Indian art. If Indians can learn our classical and traditional art forms as well, we can understand each other better,” she said.
The cultural program took place amid a chill in bilateral ties over a two-year military standoff in eastern Ladakh.
Tired of the COVID lockdown and other restrictions in Beijing, more than 300 Zhang Chinese fans flocked to the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) auditorium on Friday night to watch a scintillating performance by young Chinese children as well as highly talented professionals. who devoted his life to practice and performance. Indian classical dance forms in this country.
it was like a dream come true Ginnie Shan Shan, Zhang’s ardent student and a widely acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer in both India and China, followed in her mentor’s footsteps and devoted her life to popularizing Indian classical art.
The audience included India’s Ambassador to China Pradeep Kumar Rawat and former Deputy Finance Minister of China and President of AIIB Jin Liqun, who enthusiastically welcomed the dances of classical Tamil and Hindi music.
Zhang Jun (1933–2012) has inspired generations of Chinese and Indians with his relentless passion for learning Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Odissi and popularizing them in China.
Encouraged by the then Chinese Prime Minister zhu enlai She first visited India in the early 1950s, at the height of the India-China union, during which she became fascinated by Indian dance and art forms.
Leaving Mao Zedong’s disastrous Cultural Revolution (1966–76), during which millions of intellectuals were persecuted, Birju Maharaj, Uday Shankar, and later, a prestigious institution of Bharatanatyam, studied at Kalakshetra, to master the dance forms. He traveled to India seven times. Then in Madras, now in Chennai.
They later helped form China’s famous dance troupes, the Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble, which helped the likes of Jin Shan to undergo rigorous training to emerge as professionals.
Born in 1933 to a family of intellectuals in Qichuan, Hubei province of China, she was married to wei junoConductor of Classical Chinese Orchestra.
He was diagnosed with cancer in 1996 and passed away in 2012, leaving his students and fans deeply saddened.
“She wanted to take the beauty of Indian dance to more people. I hope she continues to enjoy the joy and beauty of Indian dance, on the other side of heaven,” Zhang’s son Han Xiao Xia said while talking about his mother in a special documentary on her life and times called Shown on Friday’s show.
“I remember when I was little, my mother used to go to India, she used to go there many times over the years. The house would be lovely whenever she came back. The house was filled with Indian music every day. From time to time he also had friends who used to visit him.”
“She has taught many outstanding students and she always hoped that her students would surpass her.
“Every day students came to learn the dance from morning till night, some of them were elementary school students,” Han said.
Rawat, who had met Zhang here during her earlier tenure, said she was one of the greatest teachers of Indian classical dance in China.
“I always wondered what attracted her to Indian dance forms because the attraction was so deep, almost soul-touching. It seemed to us that perhaps in her first birth she was born in India and that bond was passed on to China. I took it till this birth.
“His devotion to Indian art forms was absolute. The energy emanating from that devotion attracted many students even at a time when our bilateral relations were going through some turmoil,” said Rawat.
It would be fair to say that Madam Zhang Jun became a movement in itself, he said.
“As a teacher, she inspired many young Chinese people and we see today the result of her inspiration in dances performed through her most famous disciple, Jin Shan Shan.
“Her devotion to Indian art forms is so complete that even during her battle against cancer, she kept returning to teach her students. He also asked Payal to perform the last rites along with him,” said Rawat.
Among those who inherited his position were Jin Shan Shan, who trained with Zhang from the age of 12 and grew to become China’s most famous Indian classical dancers, especially Bharatanatyam.
On Zhang’s advice, Jin joined the Hindi department of Peking University and later went on to study at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, where he was groomed by India’s most famous Bharatanatyam dancer, Leela Samson.
A regular performer at Indian Embassy events, Jin runs her own school of Bharatanatyam, where she has trained over 100 dancers.
Dressed by Jin, his daughter Jessica Wu, Chinese name wujing ziHas already emerged as a star dancer of Bharatanatyam, enthralling audiences in China.
“I made Arangetram (Bharatanatyam dancer’s first formal performance) in 1999, when I was pregnant. She was born with dance in her blood,” Jin told PTI while narrating her passion for Indian dance forms .
“Both countries are ancient civilizations. We have many Indian students who have got to learn Indian art. If Indians can learn our classical and traditional art forms as well, we can understand each other better,” she said.
The cultural program took place amid a chill in bilateral ties over a two-year military standoff in eastern Ladakh.