Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy’s
Ragamala Dance Company

Fires of Varanasi:
Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim

Creators/Directors/Choreographers
Ranee Ramaswamy
and Aparna Ramaswamy

Choreographic Assistant
Ashwini Ramaswamy

Dramaturg
Ranee Ramaswamy

Original Compositions
Prema Ramamurthy
Ranee Ramaswamy
S. Sakthivel Muruganantham
Lalit Subramanian

Development of Score
Ranee Ramaswamy
Aparna Ramaswamy
with the musical ensemble

Choreography of Bho Shambho
(Performed by Aparna Ramaswamy)
 Smt. Alarmél Valli

Dancers
Aparna Ramaswamy
Ranee Ramaswamy
Ashwini Ramaswamy

Chaitra Chandrashekar    Jessica Fiala
Sri Guntipally    Ramya Kapadia
Tamara Nadel    Radhika Naidu
Garrett Sour    Alan Tse

Musicians
Preethy Mahesh (vocal)
Lalit Subramanian (vocal)
C.K. Vasudevan (nattuvangam)
S. Sakthivel Muruganantham (mridangam)
Ramanathan Kalaiarasan (violin)
Sruthi Sagar (flute)
Maulav Ganga (performed by Ranee Ramaswamy)
pre-recorded by Vidwan Sri T.M. Krishna (vocal)
K. Arun Prakash (mridangam)
R.K. Shriram Kumar (violin)
Bhagyashri (tanpura)
included by special permission from the artists

Scenic and Lighting Design
Willy Cessa

Costumes
D.S. Aiyellu
Ranee Ramaswamy
Carole Bruns Couture

Production Manager/Sound Engineer/
Prop Construction
Maury Jensen

Associate Lighting Designer/
Technical Director
Mary Shabatura

Set Construction
Joseph Stanley

Sound Recording, Editing,
and Mixing
Kalaiarasan Ramanathan
Baba Prasad
Michael DeMark

Tour Manager
Erik Madsen-Bond

Exclusive Representation by
Laura Colby, Director, Elsie Management

Creative Producer
Laura Colby, President, Elsie Management

Stagecraft Apprentices
Max Wining    Helen Perdomo
Kesia Cedeno-Ballard
Madelyn James    Mya Evans

Costume Apprentice
Sydney Sirkin

Special Thanks
This work is a reflection of the long training Ranee, Aparna, and Ashwini have had under our respected guru Smt. Alarmél Valli. As a guru par excellence, she has molded our technique, elevated our thinking, imparted clarity of aesthetic, and mined the depth of abhinaya. As she has said many times, a true guru is like a banyan tree and the students are its numerous roots that drop to form individual trees. We are humbled to take root to form our own plants, but always be a part of that magnificent tree. With deep respect and love to the one who has given us everything.