Photo Credit: NARENDRA DANGIYA

Acclaimed dancer/choreographer Aparna Ramaswamy brings her solo work They Rose at Dawn to the Berlind Theatre on October 23 at 3 p.m. In this solo work, women are depicted as carriers of ritual. Navigating inner and outer worlds, they invoke a sense 
of reverence, of unfolding mystery, of imagination. Ramaswamy’s performance is a master-class in the classic 
South Indian dance form of Bharatanatyam, where the body is material—an interlocking puzzle of pieces assembled 
to create otherworldly grace. A live Carnatic musical ensemble accompanies Aparna as she explores the spontaneous 
interplay between music and movement and the dynamic contours created by the artists onstage.

About They Rose at Dawn, Aparna Ramaswamy says: “The last few years, I’ve been thinking a lot about how 
culture, and ritual, are communicated through family. Those concepts of what we choose to pass on – and what we 
choose to leave behind. How does culture change and morph? The work that we do is so heavily informed by where we 
come from. Spirituality, mythology, literature from India… but also our experiences as Americans, being exposed to artists 
from so many different genres, and seeing how our work can meet, and meaningfully converse together.”

Tickets are $60 and are on sale now at the McCarter Theatre Center Ticket Office, by phone 
at (609) 258-2787, or online at www.mccarter.org.