Beijing sways to Bharatanatyam

On a recent snowy Sunday, the walls of a nondescript apartment complex in a Beijing suburb reverberated with a steady rhythm. In a small exercise room, 14 young Chinese students stomped their feet on the cold wooden floorboards, as their teacher, sitting upright and cross-legged, clapped her hands to produce a quick beat. A typical scene, perhaps, in any Beijing arts school. This, however, is a Chinese dancing...

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