Rangoli Dance Company

Malathi Iyengar, Artistic Director

 
Malathi takes audiences on great adventures with mythological works in performances such as Ramayana (2000-2001) and more recently Patanjali (2007). Her performances also include folkloric dances of celebration (Raas, Holy), contemporary themes, Creation Myth (1995), Planting a Sequoia (2004)) and traditional somatics in Bharatyam Natyam (Tilanna).
 
I started working with Rangoli when I moved to California and attended UCLA in 1992. Malathi, a passionate, sensitive woman, devoted to the craft, approached me in expanding her choreography into modern dance. The issue at stake was the integrity of the Indian aesthetic in what was becoming a post modern genre. We then explored modern African movement to the fierce rhythms of the tabla, and in exchange I started learning Indian Bharatyam Natyam and folk. I continue to work with Rangoli, an experience I equate with the greatest qualities of spirit, devotion, humility and humanity.
 
 
 

Caged Bird with Malathi

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 Rangoli Performances
South Indian Folklore & Bharatyam Natyam

2008 - Patanjali: Main Stage, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California; Love Lyrics and Ankle Bells & Painted Faces: Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, California

2007 - Patanjali: Barnsdall Gallery Theater, Hollywood, California; Scherr Forum Theater, Thousand Oaks, California

2004 - Planting A Sequioa: Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood, California

2002 - Sacred Geometry: California State University, Northridge, California

2001 - Ankle Bells and Painted Faces: Madrid Theater, Canoga Park, California

2000 - 2001 - Ramayana: Los Angeles, California; Escondido, California

2000 - Interactive Visual Poetry: Santa Monica, California

1999 - Gati-Pragati: California State University, Northridge, California

1997 - Soorya Kanti: Torrance, California

1996 - Mustard Seeds: Torrance, California

1995 - In the Beginning/Creation Myth: UCLA, Los Angeles, California

1995 - In the Beginning/Narasimha: UCLA, Los Angeles, California

 

 

 

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