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 - Circus Juventas | GoPro
2m 29s
What does it look like to soar above the crowd? Find out as a group of circus performers strap a GoPro on and perform some high-flying acts!
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TV Takeover - Circus Juventas | Meet The Head Coach
5m 1s
Chimgee Haltarhuu is an exceptional circus coach and someone who's lead an amazing life. Find out how she's keeping her skills sharp while helping thousands around the world through the art of circus.
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TV Takeover - Circus Juventas | Fire Juggling
2m 19s
We've all been taught to never play with fire. We're also not highly trained circus performers!
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TV Takeover - Circus Juventas | Day In The Life - Karla
1m 41s
Meet Karla - a Circus Juventas student who's life is jam packed with amazing activities. How does she balance it all?
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | Within the Skin
8m 27s
"Within the Skin" by filmmaker Emily Goldberg is a documentary that follows a tattoo artist as she works on her passion project - capturing photos of people's scars, tattoos, or birthmarks -- anything that has a story.
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | Filmetto
4m 19s
This film from Ann Prim is a meditation on the subject of "human desire." Enjoy this clip from TV Takeover!
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | Solo
5m 8s
Student filmmaker Abby Thompson explores the idea of romance in college. Is it for everyone?
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | Women in Film
3m 12s
Only 1 in 5 people working in film production are women. So, what does it mean to be a female filmmaker in today's film industry?
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | Leonard
3m 20s
"Leonard" is a project from Michelle Brost's senior year studying animation at MCAD. It tells a delightful story of a lumberjack, his hobby, and his impatient companion.
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | What is IFP?
2m 45s
What is Independent FIlmmaker Project MN (IFP MN) all about?
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | Filming Kismet Kill
6m 15s
Go behind the scenes as a shot from Haley Bonar's music video "Kismet Kill" is filmed! We picked members of the TV Takeover audience to play some very key roles.
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | Phantom
3m 59s
Ever wonder what a modern score to a classic silent film would sound like? Check out this scoring of 1925's The Phantom of the Opera - directed and composed by Barbara Cohen.
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