View Anytime – #ConcertsForKids: Ragamala Dance Company
Celebrated as one of the diaspora’s leading Bharatanatyam (South Indian classical dance) ensembles, Ragamala Dance Company is led by the dynamic intergenerational partnership of mother-and-daughters Ranee Ramaswamy, Aparna Ramaswamy (Co-Artistic Directors) and Ashwini Ramaswamy (Choreographic Associate). Hailed by The New York Times as “soulful, imaginative, and rhythmically contagious,“ Ragamala’s aesthetic is deeply influenced by their cultural hybridity, embodying their experiences as Indian-American women living within two cultures. In this #ConcertsForKids experience, get an inside look as the Ramaswamys rehearse and explain how their approach to merging the tradition of an Indian dance form with their immigrant voices has created something unique and important in our complex world.
Themes
- One of the dances, called Maulav Ganga, depicts a deep and meaningful relationship between the people of India and the river Ganges. Is there an aspect of nature that you feel a deep connection with? If so, what kind of dance might you create to portray that connection?
- Ashwini Ramaswamy mentions the opportunity that this moment offered her to focus inward, and “improve from the inside out.” What does this mean to you? What is something you might like to focus on, from the inside out?
Always available
Pre-recorded
In partnership with
Ragamala Dance Company
Lincoln Center
View Anytime – #ConcertsForKids: Ragamala Dance Company
Always available
Pre-recorded
In partnership with
Ragamala Dance Company
Lincoln Center
Celebrated as one of the diaspora’s leading Bharatanatyam (South Indian classical dance) ensembles, Ragamala Dance Company is led by the dynamic intergenerational partnership of mother-and-daughters Ranee Ramaswamy, Aparna Ramaswamy (Co-Artistic Directors) and Ashwini Ramaswamy (Choreographic Associate). Hailed by The New York Times as “soulful, imaginative, and rhythmically contagious,“ Ragamala’s aesthetic is deeply influenced by their cultural hybridity, embodying their experiences as Indian-American women living within two cultures. In this #ConcertsForKids experience, get an inside look as the Ramaswamys rehearse and explain how their approach to merging the tradition of an Indian dance form with their immigrant voices has created something unique and important in our complex world.
Themes
- One of the dances, called Maulav Ganga, depicts a deep and meaningful relationship between the people of India and the river Ganges. Is there an aspect of nature that you feel a deep connection with? If so, what kind of dance might you create to portray that connection?
- Ashwini Ramaswamy mentions the opportunity that this moment offered her to focus inward, and “improve from the inside out.” What does this mean to you? What is something you might like to focus on, from the inside out?