Ragamala Dance Company
Invisible Cities
Schaeffer Theatre
Adult: $35
Student/Senior/Educator: $15
A limited number of $5 tickets will be available to anyone while supplies last!
Fri, July 11, 7:30pm
Sun, July 13, 7:30pm
“…a luscious new multimedia adaptation [that] came alive when the different groupings were woven together, creating a quilt of varied textures. The styles didn’t feel disparate, but rather melded and blurred together in delicious cohesion.” – Minnesota Star Tribune
Invisible Cities reimagines Italo Calvino’s metaphysical novel into an epic performance that spans dance genres. Using Calvino’s kaleidoscopic prose and Indian creation myths as a guide, Invisible Cities features a 10-member ensemble of dancers trained in four distinct dance styles (Bharatanatyam, Breaking, Gaga technique and Modern/African Diasporic) and original animation by Armenian visual artist Kevork Mourad. The dance comes alive as the distinctions in form speak to and play off of each other. Invisible Cities creates a visceral space where we can feel both the immediacy of the contemporary world and the energy of past generations vibrating on stage.
Ragamala Dance Company was founded in 1992 by Ranee Ramaswamy, and is under the leadership of Co-Artistic Director Ranee Ramaswamy and Executive Artistic Director Aparna Ramaswamy, and Choreographic Associate Ashwini Ramaswamy (mother and daughters). Rooted in the South Indian dance form of Bharatanatyam, the company has been hailed by The New York Times as “soulful, imaginative, and rhythmically contagious.”
Ashwini Ramaswamy’s work reframes how culturally rooted performance is represented in the U.S As Choreographic Associate of Ragamala Dance Company, she has performed at prestigious venues nationally and internationally. Her projects/initiatives are supported by awards from Creative Capital, National Dance Project, and MAP Fund, and residencies at Baryshnikov Arts Center, Bogliasco Foundation (Italy) and Camargo Foundation (France), among others.
