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# Master Class
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/dance/
- Published: 2023-04-08T20:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-11T20:00:18.000Z
- Description: Photo Credit: Andrew Boone / Santa Monica College & Sea Sloat SMC: Bharatnatyam dancer Ashwini Ramaswamy and her collaborators including Berit Ahlgren (Gaga, a
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**SMC:** Bharatnatyam dancer Ashwini Ramaswamy and her collaborators including Berit Ahlgren (Gaga, a contemporary Israeli dance form) and Alanna Morris (Modern & African Diasporic dance) taught master classes to Santa Monica College Dance students on April 3-5, 2023 at the SMC Core Performance Center ahead of the BroadStage weekend performance of Ashwini Ramaswamy’s[*Let the Crows Come*](https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbroadstage.org%2Fperformances%2F2022-23%2Fdance%2Fletthecrowscome&data=05%7C01%7Csmith%5Fgrace%40smc.edu%7Cfbc2da99f0eb4fda797908db36e96a47%7Cbe95da8a67ab4574a292eeb9e5694a69%7C0%7C0%7C638164149414459181%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2iezLipkISD18avBmjA%2B%2F1xURFr6iDWkYoJl0gcxPkI%3D&reserved=0&ref=smdp.com)on April 7 & 8, 2023\. As part of a two week residency, Ramaswamy worked with SMC’s Global Motion World Dance Company to create a dance piece for their Spring 2023 concert and taught a workshop in the traditional Southeast Asian dance form, Bharatanatyam.Ramaswamy and her collaborators taught these SMC dance workshops in partnership with BroadStage.