Sacred Earth

“The strongest connection in ‘Sacred Earth’ is between music and dance…[which] suggest the sleeping eyes of lotus blossoms, spurred and sharpened Aparna’s and Ashwini’s bursts of speed or matched the flutter of Ranee’s fingers to whip up the sensation of a storm even as we sat in the rainless heat.” -The New York Times

Sacred Earth creates a sacred space to honor the divinity in the natural world and the sustenance we derive from it. Inspired by the ephemeral arts of kolam rice flour ritual, Warli paintings, and the Tamil Sangam literature of India, Sacred Earth is Artistic Co-Directors Aparna Ramaswamy and Ranee Ramaswamy’s singular vision of the beautiful, fragile relationship between nature and man.