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 Ragamala Dance presents Sacred Earth February 17 - April 28, 2012 USA February 15, 2012  Kolams
are rice flour designs made each morning by women in southern India as
conscious offerings to Mother Earth. This daily ritual creates a sacred
space and becomes a link between the intimate home and the vastness of
the outside world. The Warli people of western India revere the land and
live a life in perfect coexistence with nature. Using their everyday
lives as inspiration, their dynamic wall paintings use art to find the
spiritual in the everyday. The choreographers use the philosophy and myth of these traditions to explore the interconnectedness between humans and the landscapes that shape them. Accompanied by live music, the evening builds from silent, meditative beginnings to a thrilling crescendo, the performers surrender to the beauty of this sacred earth that has been given to us to safeguard, cherish, and pass on to our future generations. Born and raised in south India, Ragamala Dance’s Artistic Directors Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy bring that culture’s unique sensibility of mysticism, myth and sanctity to the contemporary stage. Sacred Earth unifies Bharatanatyam with the ephemeral arts, classical music, and Tamil Sangam literature (300 B.C.E. – 300 C.E.) of India. Sacred Earth’s choreography, ranging from contemplative to ecstatic, brings both internal (akam) and external (puram) landscapes to life through two ephemeral visual traditions - kolam floor designs and Warli wall paintings. - February 17-18, Charleston, WV Clay Center for Arts and Sciences - February 21, West Hartford, CT Carol Autorino Center for Arts and Humanities - February 24, West Chester, PA West Chester University - March 17, Palos Hills, IL Fine & Performing Arts Center - March 22, Sheboygan, WI John Michael Kohler Arts Center - March 24, River Forest, IL Dominican University - March 28, Urbana, IL Krannert Center for the Performing Arts - April 1, Oxford, OH Miami University of Ohio - April 5, Albany, GA Albany State University - April 11, Lincoln, NE Lied Center for Performing Arts - April 16, Casper, WY ARTCORE - April 20, Olympia, WA Washington Center for Performing Arts - April 21, Longview, WA Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts - April 28, Los Angeles, CA Music Center of Los Angeles County Info: (612) – 824 – 1968 / raneeramaswamy@yahoo.com Website: www.ragamala.net |
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