India Association of Minnesota Oral History Project (Phase 1): Interview with Ranee Ramaswamy

Titles: India Association of Minnesota Oral History Project (Phase 1): Interview with Ranee Ramaswamy (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Ranee Ramaswamy was born in India, where she attended school and college. In Minnesota, she renewed her involvement with dance and also was active in the Tamil Association. She travels to India frequently to study dance and is a founder of the Ragamala Dance Theater. She has received several McKnight fellowships for dance, has performed widely, and teaches dance in Minnesota. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Her childhood; family values and expectations; relations with family members, extended families; marriage; moving to the United States; participating in dance performances, and traveling back to India annually to study Bharatha Natyam, classical Indian dance; Minnesota Dance Alliance; winning fellowships and grants; poet Robert Bly; establishing the Ragamala Dance Theater; mixing traditional dance and innovative approaches; teaching Indian dance classes; future plans.

Dates

• 11/17/1994 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Ramaswamy, Ranee
• interviewer: Sonifer, Polly

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 46
• Accession Number: AV1995.103.11

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'India Association of Minnesota Oral History Project (Phase 1)' <OH 46>

Quantity: 43 pages transcript 3 hours sound cassette

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 02:18:08 running time

Subjects

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