by Mike Steele
Minneapolis StarTribune
Staff Writer
October, 1998
“Using a deft narration, delivered with sincerity and gracious charm by Zaraawar Mistry, these danced tales link the tree mythologies to the everyday life of their societies.”
“The result is two hours of almost sheer celebration, a genuinely good-natured evening of exuberant dancing.”
“The Indian dance is less obviously outgoing, being more erect, detailed, literary and controlled. Dancers demonstrate great finesse and sophistication in hand and finger gestures and in the delicately woven but rich rhythms they beat out with their feet and ankle bells. Aparna Ramaswamy performs one solo that is pure bharatanatyam, sublimely beautiful and expressive. Yet Ranee Ramaswamy has become an expert at creating group dances in this normally solo form. When six or eight dancers begin spinning out steps, often punctuated by quick, alert leaps, unison formations turn into complex counterpoint and an energetic dynamism emerges.”
“The performance is a joy, so good you wish there were more of it, a thought obviously shared by the tireless dancers.”
