Performance Information Date:  Thursday, October 1, 2009 Time:  8:00 pm Place:  McGuire Theater Price:  $18 ($15 Walker members) Date:  Friday, October 2, 2009, 8:00 pm, Saturday, October 3, 2009, 8:00 pm, Sunday, October 4, 2009, 2:00 pm Place:  McGuire Theater Price:  $25 ($21 Walker members) View all associated media View this performance in the Walker Calendar
		Image: Cudamani Photo by Jorge Vismara

“Ragamala’s forays into crosscultural dance are increasingly fascinating, drawing connections
between the elegantly sumptuous, percussively expressive style of its classic dance and the dances of other cultures.” —Star Tribune

Inspired by the overwhelming success of the 2004 Walker-commissioned performance of Sethu (Bridge), Ragamala Dance partners again with the masterful Balinese gamelan music and dance group Çudamani, this time bringing a 10-member ensemble to the Twin Cities. Profound and joyous, Dhvee (Duality) brings together Balinese dance, the otherworldly sounds of the gamelan gendar, and the precise and rhythmic South Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam to explore the nature of myth and its influence on humanity. This glorious dance-theater spectacle, drawn from the stories of the Hindu sacred text Ramayana, features 25 musicians and dancers, extravagant costuming, the powerful polyrhythms of the visually sumptuous gamelan orchestra from the village of Pengosekan, Bali, and the soulful melodies of the carnatic orchestra from India.

Commissioned by the Walker Art Center with support provided by the William and Nadine McGuire Commissioning Fund and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and made possible by a Joyce Award from the Joyce Foundation. Additional support provided by The McKnight Foundation, the Travelers’ Arts & Diversity Employee Committee, the RBC Foundation – USA, the United Arts Fund of COMPAS, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Ragamala’s work is made possible in part with funds provided by Target, the General Mills Foundation, the Pentair Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, the Winston R. and Maxine K. Wallin Fund of the Saint Paul Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and friends of Ragamala.

bahok contains the veins of gold http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2010/03/02/bahok-contains-the-veins-of-gold/ Walker blogs, Performing Arts: General

Travel Diary: a whirlwind tour of performing arts in Indonesia http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2010/03/12/travel-diary-a-whirlwind-tour-of-performing-arts-in-indonesia/ Walker blogs, Performing Arts: On the Road

Travel Diary: a whirlwind tour of performing arts in Indonesia http://blogs.walkerart.org/performingarts/2010/03/12/travel-diary-a-whirlwind-tour-of-performing-arts-in-indonesia/ Walker blogs, Performing Arts: On the Road

Ragamala Music and Dance http://www.ragamala.net/ Official website

Cudamani http://www.cudamani.org/ Official website