![]() ![]() has encouraged a hybrid artistic perspective. Both haunting and hopeful, ethereal and full of depth, Mourad’s visual architectures provide a dynamic and unpredictable dimension to the artists’ examination of the way the built environment and human life interact.ĭancer/choreographer Ashwini Ramaswamy’s upbringing in both India and the U.S. ![]() Invisible Cities extends beyond the kinetic realm with live, interactive projections created by internationally renowned artist Kevork Mourad, a longtime admirer of Calvino’s book. Working with groups of dancers of four diverse dance backgrounds (Bharatanatyam led by Ramaswamy, Gaga technique led by Berit Ahlgren, Contemporary/African Diasporic led by Alanna Morris-Van Tassel, and Breaking led by Joseph Tran), Ramaswamy builds upon a choreographic methodology she began in 2019’s Let the Crows Come (named ‘Best of the Year’ in the Star Tribune, City Pages, and MinnPost). Her work is aimed at second and third generation immigrants longing to make connections between the ancestral and the current. “The wonderful phenomena of Invisible Cities are seen as through some unfolding nuclear kaleidoscope” - The New York Times Book ReviewĪs a South Indian artist, Ramaswamy draws from the myths and culture of her homeland to resurrect her relationship with the past and reprocess that past into the present. There is a continual flow of energy coursing through her limbs.” - The New York Times “ weaves together, both fearfully and joyfully, the human and the divine.
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