Tamara Nadel
A disciple of Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy, Tamara Nadel has been performing, touring, and teaching with Ragamala since 1994. She has toured extensively with the company, performing throughout the U.S. and in Russia, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, India, and the U.K. She is the recipient of a 2006 McKnight Fellowship for Dancers, a 2011 Next Step Fund grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council through a grant from The McKnight Foundation, a MN State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant, and a Jerome Foundation Travel Study Grant for travel to India. Tamara recently began studying Carnatic music under Lalit Subramanian. She also serves as Ragamala’s Development & Outreach Director, and has a degree in Religious Studies and Dance from Macalester College.

