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Ragamala Dance: Sacred Earth
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Public
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 3 pm
All seats $20
Explorations - School Time Shows
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 10 am
All seats $8
Grades 5-12
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More Information:
Ragamala Dance
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2011 McKnight Distinguished Artist
Ranee Ramaswamy - Founder and Artistic Director of Ragamala Dance read more
Artist of the year 2011: Ranee and Aparna
Ramaswamy read more
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Ragamala Dance presents innovative works within the tradition of Bharatanatyam, the classical dance of southern India. Sacred Earth, performed against large-scale painted panels by master folk artist Anil Chaitya Vangad, brings two ancient Indian visual art traditions--Warli paintings and Kolam rice flour drawings--into conversation with this dance style, transforming the stage into a sacred space and invoking a deep connection to the Earth.
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*The presentation of Ragamala Dance: Sacred Earth was made possible by the MetLife Community Connections Fund of the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project. Major support for NDP is also provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust.
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Background:
Ragamala Dance's Artistic Directors, Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy, follow the indian belief that a gurulsishya(mentor/student)relationship is life-long. They have returned to India every year for the past 25 years to study with Alarmel Valli and absorb the intricacies, nuances, and aesthetics of her style of her style of Bharatanatyam. Ms. Valli, considered the greatest living master of the form, has revolutionized Bharatanatyam, making it her own while maintaining its core vitality, and has carefully given this rich tradition to Ranee and Aparna. Their intensive, individual attention with their guru is a tradition that they pass on to the dancers of Ragamala.
Ragamala's visionary work has brought the company to many prestigious venues throughout the world, including the Miao-Li International Mask Festival (Miao-Li, Taiwan), the Open Look Contemporary Dance Festival (St. Petersburg, Russia), the Bali Arts Festival (Bali, Indonesia), the Nagoya Kita Bunka Shogekijyo (Ida City, Japan), the Festival of Spirituality and Peace (Edinburgh, Scotland), the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall (Sarasota FL), the Lied Center of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Newark, NJ) and the New Victory Theater (New York, NY).
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