Leela Samson led Indian dance troupe captivates Chinese

A dance and music troupe headed by eminent Baharatanayam dancer, Leela Samson put up a spellbinding show at the famous Future Theatre here. The performance was a a mix of ancient Indian dance forms.
The show with dance troupes from Manipur, Nagaland, Kerala, Orissa and Tamil Nadu besides Bollywood dancers was well crafted by Samson ensuring rhythmic harmony between each of the dances keeping the audience spell bound throughout.
The show pushed the recent India, China discord over Beijing's Belt and Road (BR) initiative on to the back seat as the it went housefull with audience cheering India's traditional dance forms.

While the political relations between the two Asian giants is experiencing a chill over India boycotting the BR summit held here on May 14-15, India's soft power has been in full play in China in the last few weeks as Aamir Khan's Dangal had become the biggest box office movies grossing over 500 million yuan (about USD 76 million) in just about 13 days of its release.
India had boycotted the summit over its objections over the USD 50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor, (CPEC), which is part of the BR initiative.
"It (show) displayed strong ties between the two countries and their ability to address their differences," a senior Chinese scholar said after the show.