Minnesota Monthly: New Fall Forward Festival Features the Talented and Robust Minnesota Dance Community
Celebrate the Minnesota dance community in an accessible, comfortable, and engaging way by attending the month-long Fall Forward Festival showcasing new pieces and onstage debuts alongside community favorites. Tickets are on sale now for each weekend.
The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts
September 5, 2022
“I have wonderful memories of performing at The Cowles Center when it first opened in 2011,” Aparna Ramaswamy recounts. “Since that time, the Cowles’ mission of supporting dance artists from various backgrounds and at every stage in their careers has been steadfast.” Ramaswamy is co-artistic director of Ragamala Dance Company, but come this October, she is set to take the stage in a solo performance during The Cowles Center’s inaugural Fall Forward Festival. “The Festival is emblematic of that forward-thinking mission.”
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Finally, the fourth weekend concludes the festival with HIJACK’s Cowles stage debut and Aparna Ramaswamy’s solo highlighting cultural wisdom and imagination. “I’m excited to share an evening with my longtime colleagues, HIJACK, whose work I deeply admire, and to see the breadth of forms featured over the course of the Festival,” says Ramaswamy. “Sharing the stage and introducing our audiences to new experiences in a comfortable and engaging way underscore the joy and humanity that dance can inspire in all of us.
PHOTO BY DARIEL SNEED