
Dance into your 70s like Ranee Ramaswamy
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Founder of Ragamala Dance Company, Ranee Ramaswamy describes how to dance into your 70s.
Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Ragamala Dance Company, Ranee Ramaswamy still dances bharatanatyam in her 70's, but makes conscience decisions about what she performs in order to honor her age and the realities of changing mobility. This story is a part of Art + Medicine: Healthy Aging, a TPT co-production with the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
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Dance into your 70s like Ranee Ramaswamy
Clip: Special | 4m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Ragamala Dance Company, Ranee Ramaswamy still dances bharatanatyam in her 70's, but makes conscience decisions about what she performs in order to honor her age and the realities of changing mobility. This story is a part of Art + Medicine: Healthy Aging, a TPT co-production with the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
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