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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TV Takeover - Circus Juventas
57m 14s
Circus Juventas explores the “art of happiness” through performances and explorations of the different elements of dance, theatre, puppetry, and costumes that make up contemporary circus. Performances include hand balancing, juggling, unicycling, contortionists, a fashion show of circus costumes, aerial acts, and more.
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota
53m 5s
Independent Filmmaker Project Minnesota places the spotlight on the local female filmmaking community, featuring a variety of short films by female filmmakers, the creation of a music video over the duration of the broadcast, live scoring of a silent film by a string quartet, and more.
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TV Takeover - Saint Paul Almanac
57m 1s
This final episode of TV Takeover is an all-out, no-holds-barred celebration of Saint Paul based on the theme "Where Are You Going?"-- with stories that fly out of the pages of the physical Almanac, and come to life on screen and in our studios. Saint Paul Almanac's mission is to share stories and foster dialogue that create understanding, learning, new relationships, and collaborative action.
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TV Takeover - Works Progress Studio
56m 40s
Works Progress Studio takes over TPT with an hour full of beautiful, artistic reflections about life on the Mississippi River. Featuring original films, talking mussels, and a musical performance by Jayanthi Kyle. Works Progress Studio is an artist-led LLC based in Minneapolis-St. Paul and led by husband-wife Collaborative Directors Colin Kloecker and Shanai Matteson.
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TV Takeover - MPLS.TV
56m 43s
MPLS.TV is a Minneapolis-centric video network that features both original and curated/submitted content. Through video, they highlight and champion the unique cultures that make Minneapolis thrive. MPLS.TV strives to make the familiar unfamiliar, to consistently give their viewers fresh new views of the city and its inhabitants.
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TV Takeover - Northern Lights.MN
56m 39s
Northern Spark is the one-night arts event people talk about for the rest of the year. On the second Saturday in June each summer, tens of thousands of people gather along the Minneapolis riverfront and throughout the city to explore giant video projections, play in temporary installations in the streets, and enjoy experimental performances in green spaces and under bridges.
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TV Takeover - Springboard for the Arts
56m 44s
Springboard's TV Takeover episode is focused on "Your Secret Art" and in it, you'll meet a series of folks who spend their days in "normal" jobs but are--gasp!--artists by night!
Extras + Features
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | DaNCEBUMS
3m 16s
What if, instead of music, bands made *dance?* Learn a move from the DaNCEBUMS and make it your own!
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | Watchers
2m 15s
Drea Reynolds performs a song live in studio, and the audience dances along.
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | TU Dance
3m 1s
TU Dance collaborates with dancers from Black Label Movement.
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | Close Quarters
4m 35s
This dance from Black Label Movement is inspired by the idea of a group of people together in the last watertight compartment of a sinking ship.
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | India
2m 51s
Carl Flink and other members of BLM travel to India to teach the idea of "bodystorming".
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | HBLC
3m 37s
We learn more about the Hmong Breakers Leadership Council, and see some cool moves.
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | Fame
4m 3s
Queen Drea sings a mashup of "Fame" by David Bowie and the iconic musical on Black Label Movement's episode of TV Takeover.
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TV Takeover - American Craft Council |Cage Match Competitors
3m 51s
Two teams enter. Only one will leave victorious. Let's meet the artist-competitors from the American Craft Council's episode of TV Takeover!
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TV Takeover - American Craft Council | What Is Craft
2m 50s
People talk about craft in lots of different ways. You don't have to worry about being intimidated by the definition - the American Craft Council has got you covered!
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TV Takeover - American Craft Council | Let's Make!
3m 58s
TV Takeover host Adia Morris interviews representatives from the Textile Center and Urban Boatbuilders on what their craft means to them.
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TV Takeover - American Craft Council | Arm Knitting Part 1
4m 49s
Watch as our two teams of Craft Cage Matchers face off in the first physical challenge of the night: Arm Knitting!
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TV Takeover - American Craft Council | Trivia Round 2
3m 41s
See our Craft Cage Match competitors try to answer questions, Family Feud style in Round #2 of trivia!
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