Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.113

v2.c11.113

Jin Shanshan, a *Bharatanatyam* dancer who has had excellent stage performances in China, had learned from Zhang Jun and Su Baohua when she was young. Because of the love for the dance form, she went to Peking University to study Indian language and culture. In 1994, she went to India for further studies, and when learning Hindi, she also learned *Bharatanatyam*. Jin Shanshan is one of the most brilliant students of Leela Samson. She held a solo dance party in New Delhi in 1998, and later became a member of *Spanda* dance troupe created by Samson, being well known in India and the world. In 2000, she returned to Beijing and soon established the classical Indian art centre in Beijing and taught Indian classical dance to children and adults.