Ranee Ramaswamy in Minneapolis. Photograph by Ed Bock, 2016. Used with the permission of Ragamala Dance Company.

Ashwini Ramaswamy performing in Sacred Earth. Photograph by Amanulla, 2015. Used with the permission of Ragamala Dance Company.

Aparna Ramaswamy, co-artistic director of Ragamala Dance Company, in Minneapolis. Photograph by Ed Bock, 2015. Used with the permission of Ragamala Dance Company.

Ragamala Dance Company performing Song of the Jasmine at Lincoln Center Out of Doors in New York City. Photograph by Darial Sneed, 2014. Used with the permission of Ragamala Dance Company.

Ranee Ramaswamy performing in Sacred Earth, 2011. Used with the permission of Ragamala Dance Company.

Warli painting with overlay of Ashwini Ramaswamy performing in Sacred Earth. Photograph by Ed Bock, 2011. Used with the permission of Ragamala Dance Company.

Ragamala Dance Company performing Sacred Earth. Photograph by Hub Wilson, 2011. Used with the permission of Ragamala Dance Company.

Ranee Ramaswamy performing in Mirabai Versions in Minneapolis. Photograph by Ed Bock, 1991. Used with the permission of Ragamala Dance Company.

Ranee Ramaswamy with poet Robert Bly in Portland, Maine. Photograph by Ann Rosenwald, 1991. Used with the permission of Ashwini Ramaswamy.

Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy in a publicity photograph for Mirabai Versions. Photograph by Ed Bock, 1990. Used with the permission of Ragamala Dance Company.