Through the Ragamala Training Center, we immerse students of all ages in South Indian arts and culture; instill confidence, self-esteem, and discipline; provide strong female role models; and pass on our high standards and rigorous work ethic to the next generation.
Educational sessions, live-streamed demonstrations, participatory dance classes, lectures on cultural hybridity/the South Asian experience, and performances with artist introductions are a few examples of the digital content we can provide for your audiences and classrooms.Through extensive community engagement programs, we demystify the cultural roots of our work and provide opportunities for audiences of all ages and backgrounds to feel connected to cultures that may initially seem unfamiliar.
Through original dance works for the stage, we explore the myth and spirituality of our Indian heritage in order to examine the perennial question of the immigrant: how do we preserve what has been inherited while evolving it to new circumstances and places?
Educational sessions, live-streamed demonstrations, participatory dance classes, lectures on cultural hybridity/the South Asian experience, and performances with artist introductions are a few examples of the digital content we can provide for your audiences and classrooms.Through extensive community engagement programs, we demystify the cultural roots of our work and provide opportunities for audiences of all ages and backgrounds to feel connected to cultures that may initially seem unfamiliar.
Through original dance works for the stage, we explore the myth and spirituality of our Indian heritage in order to examine the perennial question of the immigrant: how do we preserve what has been inherited while evolving it to new circumstances and places?
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Ragamala Dance Company (RDC) was founded in 1992 by Ranee Ramaswamy, and is under the leadership of Artistic Directors Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy, and Choreographic Associate Ashwini Ramaswamy (mother and daughters).
Rooted in the South Indian dance form of Bharatanatyam, the company has been hailed by The New York Times as "soulful, imaginative, and rhythmically contagious."
Driven by the artistic vision of Ranee and Aparna, Ragamala Dance Company is the embodiment of an immigrant story.
Rooted in the South Indian dance form of Bharatanatyam, the company has been hailed by The New York Times as "soulful, imaginative, and rhythmically contagious."
Driven by the artistic vision of Ranee and Aparna, Ragamala Dance Company is the embodiment of an immigrant story.
Presented as part of Ragamala Rooted: Fires of Varanasi, in partnership with the Northrop.
A virtual panel featuring faith leaders from differing traditions on honoring those who have passed.
Cultivating Creativity: Ranee, Aparna, and Ashwini Ramaswamy on Arts and Cultural Leadership.
Ranee, Aparna, and Ashwini Ramaswamy provide vital insights for the next generation of leaders in Minnesota's arts and culture sector.
Online cooking demonstration and conversation by award-winning Twin Cities chef Raghavan Iyer.
A virtual panel featuring faith leaders from differing traditions on honoring those who have passed.
Cultivating Creativity: Ranee, Aparna, and Ashwini Ramaswamy on Arts and Cultural Leadership.
Ranee, Aparna, and Ashwini Ramaswamy provide vital insights for the next generation of leaders in Minnesota's arts and culture sector.
Online cooking demonstration and conversation by award-winning Twin Cities chef Raghavan Iyer.
Ragamala can create personalized digital programming for your virtual season.
Educational sessions, live-streamed demonstrations, participatory dance classes, lectures on cultural hybridity/the South Asian experience, and pre-recorded performances with introductions by the artists are a few examples of the digital content we can provide for your audiences and classrooms.
In partnership with Northrop, University of Minnesota; the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, and the Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington, our 20/21 season includes the world premiere of Fires of Varanasi; virtual sessions on food as ritual, podcast interviews, shared connections between Bharatanatyam and yoga, and interfaith responses to life and death in the diaspora.
Educational sessions, live-streamed demonstrations, participatory dance classes, lectures on cultural hybridity/the South Asian experience, and pre-recorded performances with introductions by the artists are a few examples of the digital content we can provide for your audiences and classrooms.
In partnership with Northrop, University of Minnesota; the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, and the Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington, our 20/21 season includes the world premiere of Fires of Varanasi; virtual sessions on food as ritual, podcast interviews, shared connections between Bharatanatyam and yoga, and interfaith responses to life and death in the diaspora.
At the Ragamala Training Center, students receive classical training in the style of Bharatanatyam carefully created by the internationally renowned Padma Bhushan Alarmel Valli, considered to be one of India's greatest living masters.
This style is distinguished by its technical perfection and grace, and Artistic Directors Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy are dedicated to preserving and carrying on their guru's tradition and passing it on to the next generation of dancers.
Ragamala classes provide students with rigorous training while giving them an opportunity to learn about, preserve, and immerse themselves in the arts and culture of India.
This style is distinguished by its technical perfection and grace, and Artistic Directors Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy are dedicated to preserving and carrying on their guru's tradition and passing it on to the next generation of dancers.
Ragamala classes provide students with rigorous training while giving them an opportunity to learn about, preserve, and immerse themselves in the arts and culture of India.
As mother and daughter choreographers, Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy explore the myth and spirituality of their Indian heritage through the lens of their experience as immigrants living within two cultures.
Ragamala Dance Company is driven to share their vision of Bharatanatyam as a dynamic, living art form with audiences across boundaries of language, culture, and faith.
Led by Aparna and Ranee Ramaswamy or a Ragamala company member, this session introduces audiences/participants to Bharatanatyam, providing an overview of the technique, evolution, and development of this South Indian classical dance form and how Ragamala's Artistic Directors-Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy-use it to express their own contemporary points of view.
Ragamala Dance Company is driven to share their vision of Bharatanatyam as a dynamic, living art form with audiences across boundaries of language, culture, and faith.
Led by Aparna and Ranee Ramaswamy or a Ragamala company member, this session introduces audiences/participants to Bharatanatyam, providing an overview of the technique, evolution, and development of this South Indian classical dance form and how Ragamala's Artistic Directors-Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy-use it to express their own contemporary points of view.
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