Ragamala Dance Company Blends Generations and Cultures
For the Ramaswamy family, dance — specifically Bharatanatyam, a South Indian classical dance form — is both lifeblood and business. Now in its 26th season, Ragamala Dance Company is a world-renowned company. The Ramaswamy family members consider themselves lucky to be able to pursue what they love. And lucky to be able to do it all with each other.
Episodes
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Public TV Producer Leya Hale Explains Reclaiming Tobacco
5m 12s
Rewire spoke with Twin Cities PBS associate producer Leya Hale about her connection to the topic and what it was like to produce a documentary all on her own for the first time.
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Work it: Pure Cycles | Four Fixed-Gear Bike-Loving Entrepren
4m 43s
Meet Pure Cycles. Three grade school best friends that followed their passion for bicycling and made a successful business out of it.
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Happy Birthday PBS!
1m
What does PBS mean to you? To celebrate PBS's anniversary, here's the internet's love letter to public television.
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Duchess Harris Explains the Politics of Possibility
2m 2s
Duchess Harris' grandmother, Mariam D. Mann, was among the first Black women who started working NASA in the 1940s
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The Fashion Story of Queen Victoria
2m 26s
Did you know that the tradition of wearing a white wedding dress started with Queen Victoria? She was influential in more than just politics!
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Cohousing: Is it right for you?
6m 45s
Cohousing is the term for an intentional community of unrelated folks who live together—either in the same building or on the same land—and share the responsibility of maintaining the place they live.
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Grown Up Club
9m 50s
As we get older, it can feel harder and harder to make friends. And, depending on your personality, it can be tough opening up to new people once you're in social situations.
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Reading My Coming Out Diaries
5m 59s
Rewire's web editor reads her own journal entries spanning her coming out process—from denial to the aftermath of a difficult conversation.
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Work It: The Herbivorous Butcher | Sibling Entrepreneurs Wor
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Meet siblings Aubry and Kale Walch, co-owners of the vegan butcher shop The Herbivorous Butcher and learn how they started their business and the inspiration behind it. More at http://www.rewire.org/.
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Work It: Kady Lone and Pudge | A Cat & Owner Entrepreneurial
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Meet Kady Lone, a social media savvy human who used her smarts and skills to create a business for herself and her now Internet-famous cat, Pudge. More at http://www.rewire.org/.
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement
56m 49s
Black Label Movement collaborates with a range of performance groups off of the light rail, ending at a black and white affair themed prom in TPT’s studios. Dance performances by Black Label Movement, Hmong Breakers Leadership Council, Contempo Physical Dance and DanceBums. Musical performances by Michelle Kinney, Jacqueline Ultan, Andrea Reynolds, and more.
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TV Takeover - American Craft Council
56m 47s
American Craft Council celebrates what it means to be a craft maker in Minnesota through “Craft Cage Match” activities such as blindfolded pot throwing, “Let’s Make” Inspiration Stations, craft trivia, and more.
Extras + Features
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Kady Lone and Pudge the Cat Get Donuts, Talk Business
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At one of their favorite spots in Minneapolis, Glam Doll Donuts, Kady Lone discusses how more of her peers are turning their social media following into opportunities for self-employment, just like she did.
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Kady Lone, Pudge the Cat's Human Talks Freelance Lifestyle
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Pudge the Cat's human, Kady Lone talks about learning the ins and outs of a freelance lifestyle.
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Why Does Everybody Love Pudge the Cat?
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Kady Lone explains why she thinks everyone loves her cat, Pudge. Connect with Rewire: Website: http://rewire.tpt.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tptrewire Twitter: https://twitter.com/tptRewire Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tptrewire/
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Pudge the Cat's Human, Kady Lone Talks Self-employment
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Kady Lone and her Internet-famous cat, Pudge, on self-employment and making it work. Connect with Rewire: Website: http://rewire.tpt.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tptrewire Twitter: https://twitter.com/tptRewire Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tptrewire/
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How Kady Lone Made Her Cat Pudge Famous
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A brief look into how Kady Lone made her cat, Pudge, Internet-famous. Connect with Rewire: Website: http://rewire.tpt.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tptrewire Twitter: https://twitter.com/tptRewire Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tptrewire
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | UMN
4m 41s
Carl Flink of BLM also teaches a class at University of MN. The group performs a dance.
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | Contempo
2m 57s
What happens when you mix two different Twin Cities dance companies? Something amazing and unexpected! Check out this collaboration between Contempo Dance and Black Label Movement.
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | HBLC Live
5m 18s
The Hmong Breakers Leadership Council performs live!
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | Marciano
2m 48s
Marciano from Contempo dance teaches the audience some moves.
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | Mambo
3m 44s
BLM dancers kick of the show with a performance to West Side Story's "Mambo".
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | Canary
5m 44s
This dance from Black Label Movement imagines a prom at the bottom of a coal mine.
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | Hive
4m 50s
Dancers from BLM and the University of Minnesota perform "Hive" live.
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