RAGAMALA DANCE Competitors

Ananya Dance Theatre is an ensemble of transnational feminist professional dance artists who create original contemporary dance theater, upholding artistic excellence in social justice choreography. Inspired by the lives and dreams of BIPOC women/femmes around the globe, we work to dismantle hierarchies and build liberation. Through community-embedded creative processes, we strive to build a multi-dimensional movement of arts for social change. We celebrate our 20th season in 2025. Values •Reach Out in Solidarity with Global Liberation Struggles •Reach In for Intersectional Justice •Practice with Rigor & Excellence •Center Interconnected Relationship •Build Feminist Ensemble •Uplift Difference and Aesthetic/Cultural Specificity

Kalakshetra Foundation is an arts and crafts company based out of Rajiv Gandhi IT Expressway, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Riyaaz Qawwali is an entertainment firm that uses music to share the diversity and plurality of South Asia. The ensemble’s musicians, who are settled in the United States, hail from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and also represent multiple religious backgrounds. Trained in eastern and western classical music, the members have been professionally performing qawwali for the past 12 years. In addition to concerts, the firm is working on diversity training with several corporate partners, and conducting residencies at universities throughout the continental United States.