Ragamala Music and Dance Theater’s Body & Soul

Years ago, there was a wonderful series of albums called West Meets East that paired Ravi Shankar with violinist Yehudi Menuhin. A boondoggle in theory, the marriage of sitar and violin was as brilliant in the listening as it was prescient. Today, of course, these kinds of cross-cultural juxtapositions are as common and crazy as corned-beef eggrolls at Chang O’Hara’s. Some cultural succotash works better than others, but we’re awfully excited to see what Ragamala does with this tribute to Billie Holiday. We doubt whether there will be a lot of tabla and sitar, but there will be plenty of bharatanatyam—the ancient South Indian dance form that Ragamala specializes in, along with the live stylings of jazz vocalist Charmin Michelle and the Twin Cities Seven. Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Ave. S., (612) 340-1725, www.southerntheater.org


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