Sacred Earth

 “ Ragamala — an exemplary troupe based in Minneapolis, are led by Ranee Ramaswamy and her daughters Aparna and Ashwini — experts in making their hands suggest blossoming buds or an abundance of bees. Soloists alternate between exciting group material…rhythmically alive snaking processions with athletic action, the dancers lunging with the precision of fencers and leaping with wonderful lightness.” - The New York Times

Ragamala Dance Company’s signature work, Sacred Earth is a powerful, hour-long journey of movement and music that celebrates the beauty and vitality of the natural world. Performed as a continuous arc of high-energy dance and evocative poetry, the work unfolds like a living ritual. 

Inspired by the ephemerality of the Indian art forms of kolam rice flour drawings,Warli wall paintings, and ancient Tamil Sangam poems, Sacred Earth reflects Artistic Co-Directors Aparna Ramaswamy and Ranee Ramaswamy’s singular vision of the delicate, interdependent relationship between humanity and nature. The performance becomes an invocation—reminding us that we are not separate from the earth, but deeply woven into its breath, rhythms, and fragile continuance.