A 13-year-old teenager from China made history as she performed Bharatanatyam 'Arangetram' dance for the first time ever in her country. Published: August 16, 2024 3:40 PM IST By Edited by Who knew that one day Indian dance form Bharatnatyam would make headlines in China? And that too, because of 13-year-old school girl. History was written in China when a teenage Chinese girl, Lei Muzi, performed Bharatanatyam “Arangetram”.
This marks a landmark in the journey of the ancient Indian dance form that is gaining popularity in the neighbouring country. Lei Muzi made her solo dance debut here on 11 August (Sunday) in front of the celebrated Bharatanatyam dancer Leela Samson, Indian diplomats and a large audience of Chinese fans. Lei Muzi’s Viral Dance Performance For the performers of the ancient dance from South India, Arangetram, as it is called in Tamil, is their debut performance on stage in front of teachers and experts besides the audience.
VIDEO | Lei Muzi, a 13-year-old school student, scripted history when she performed Bharatanatyam “Arangetram” in China, a landmark in the journey of the ancient Indian dance form that is gaining popularity in the neighbouring country. — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) “This is the first-ever Arangetram by a student fully trained in China and performed in China,” said T S Vivekanand, the First Secretary of the Indian Embassy in charge of culture who attended the event to PTI. It was a properly done Arangetram in a very tr.