Ragamala Dance Company — Meany On Screen
Watch on Demand: December 4, 12:00 noon — December 11, 11:59 p.m. (PST)
Registration includes BOTH Written in Water AND The Fires of Creativity.
Links to both presentations will become available on Friday, Dec. 4, before noon. We will send them to the email address you use to register here in Eventbrite by the start of the events. Be sure to register your co-subs and guests so they receive the links too.
The events will be streaming online and available for watching at your convenience until Friday, December 11 at 11:59 p.m. (PDT).
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Ragamala Dance Company — Written in Water
In the visually stunning Written in Water, Ragamala Dance Company explores the universal paradigm of a seeker on a journey to connect the human with the transcendent and reveal mysteries within the self. Inspired by the ancient Indian board game Paramapadham, also known as “Snakes and Ladders,” dancers and musicians move freely between composition and improvisation representing the heights of ecstasy and depths of longing.
This large-scale, multimedia dance work unfolds amidst lush game-board projections of paintings from visual artist V. Keshav, and an original score by Carnatic composer Prema Ramamurthy and Iraqi-American composer/musician Amir ElSaffar, accompanied by a live musical ensemble with a distinct alchemy of Iraqi, jazz, and South Indian instruments. The recently-toured original work — conceived and choreographed by Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy — expands Ragamala’s visionary approach to this ancient art form in this compelling Meany On Screen experience.
Ragamala Dance Company — The Fires of Creativity
Meany Center Artistic Director Michelle Witt interviews the mother/daughter artistic leaders of Ragamala Dance Company, exploring the creative foundations of their new work-in-progress, Fires of Varanasi.
