2012
PERFORMANCES
General Public $25/Seniors $20/Students and Staff $15
Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy, artistic directors
“Sacred Earth” featuring soloist Aparna Ramaswamy
Sacred Earth couples eternity and transience, body and nature, soul and earth in a celebration of the divine
balance found in the universe’s continuous pulse. The indigenous Warli people of western India revere the
land, where their shelters derive, their food is grown, their lives find bounty and harmony. From southern India
come kolams, floor designs drawn by women with rice flour to create a sacred space every morning. Gone
in the space of a day, a kolam’s geometric shapes are a reminder of beauty’s impermanence, and its
perishable materials nourish birds and small creatures as a way to give back to the earth. Against a backdrop
of paintings from the Warli folk artist Anil Chaitya Vangad, each dancer in Sacred Earth summons the
spirituality of this earthly connection into tangible existence. Imbuing the graceful and dynamic dance form
of Bharatanatyam with its own distinctive vision, Ragamala Dance, called “a transcendent experience” and
“rapturous and profound” by The New York Times, conveys to audiences worldwide that Bharatanatyam is
contemporary and distinctly current.
This presentation is supported by the Performing Arts Fund, a program of Arts Midwest funded in part by the National Endowment
for the Arts with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council, General Mills Foundation, and Land O’Lakes Foundation.
The presentation of Ragamala Dance was made possible by the MetLife Community Connections Fund of the New England Foundation
for the Arts’ National Dance Project. Major support for NDP is also provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with
additional support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust.
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The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra
Conducted by Gary Tole
General Public $25/Seniors $20/Students and Staff $15
With its unique jazz sound, the Glenn Miller Orchestra is considered
to be one of the greatest bands of all time. The present
Glenn Miller Orchestra was formed in 1956 and has been touring
consistently since, playing an average of 300 live dates a
year all around the world.
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Juan Siddi Flamenco Theatre Company
General Public $25/Seniors $20/Students and Staff $15
Under the artistic direction of Spanish choreographer Juan
Siddi, some of flamenco’s most unique and creative musicians,
singers and dancers from Spain and the United States bring
their talent to the stage with a world-class performance that
inspires audiences with exhilarating passion.
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General Public $25/Seniors $20/Students and Staff $15
Irish-American Cathie Ryan, with her crystalline vocals and
insightful songwriting, is an original and distinctive voice in Celtic
music. Since her acclaimed seven-year tenure as lead singer of
Cherish the Ladies, Ryan has established herself as one of Celtic
music’s most popular and enduring singer-songwriters. Named
Female Vocalist of the Decade by Irish-American News.
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