(soft traditional music) - [Announcer] Tonight on Stage, take a front row seat for the inspiration, connection and joy you have been missing.

Ranee and Aparna, Ramaswamy's Ragamala Dance Company, present, "Sacred Earth," their singular vision of the beautiful, fragile relationship between nature and man told through South Indian dance.

- Namaskaram, I am Aparna Ramaswamy, - I'm Ranee Ramaswarmy.

- And welcome to Stage.

With Twin Cities PBS, we present Ragamala Dance Company and "Sacred Earth."

In "Sacred Earth," we celebrate the inextricable link between human existence and nature.

In our piece, we explore inner and outer landscapes and we use the natural world as a metaphor to examine the intracasies of human emotion.

- In "Sacred Earth," we use dance, music, poetry and painting to honor the divinity in the natural world and the sustenance we derive from it.

(soft traditional music) (performer sings in foreign language) (audience applauding and cheering) - [Audience] Bravo!

(audience applauding and cheering) - [Audience] Bravo!

(audience applauding) (soft music) - [Announcer] Funding for Stage has been provided by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and these funders.