Ragamala Dance Company

“Soulful, imaginative, and rhythmically contagious” (The New York Times), Ragamala Dance Company’s Children of Dharma builds upon decades of the company’s pioneering work centering ancestral wisdom and artistic excellence to contextualize the immigrant experience. The latest work by mother-daughters Bharatanatyam artists Aparna Ramaswamy, Ranee Ramaswamy, and Ashwini Ramaswamy, Children of Dharma explores life - forever sprouting, transforming, dissolving, and renewing - through three characters from the Hindu epic The Mahabharata.

With scenic design by French artist Willy Cessa, this multidisciplinary experience incorporates lush visual imagery, an original recorded score, and poetic movement integrating intimate solos with powerful ensemble choreography performed by seven dancers. Children of Dharma invites us to contemplate our relationship with nature, with each other, and the enduring power of ancient wisdom to navigate contemporary questions of conscience.