Co-commissioned by the Gogue Performing Arts Center, Ragamala Dance Company’s Children of Dharma explores life—forever sprouting, transforming, dissolving and renewing—through three characters from the Hindu epic The Mahabharata; these myths reveal the power of ancient cultures to reaffirm humanity’s relationship with nature and the sacred.
Co-created by Aparna Ramaswamy, Ranee Ramaswamy and Ashwini Ramaswamy (2025 Creative Capital Awardees), Children of Dharma centers South Indian embodied rituals in the immigrant experience—upholding dance as a spiritual practice that can inspire, heal and transform.
Aparna Ramaswamy
The Liminal Museum
Aparna Ramaswamy is the Executive Artistic Director of Ragamala Dance Company.
Ashwini Ramaswamy
The Liminal Museum
As the 3rd/youngest Bharatanatyam practitioner/innovator in the Ramaswamy family, my work is acknowledged for “creating space, not just for more generations but more ways of thinking” – The NY Times
Ranee Ramaswamy
The Liminal Museum
Ranee Ramaswamy is the Founding Artistic Director, Choreographer, and Principal Dancer of Ragamala Dance Company.