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Marianne Combs

How a mother and her daughters created an innovative Indian dance company

Ashwini Ramaswamy (left) and Aparna Ramaswamy perform Fires of Varanasi at the Joyce Theater in New York City. (Steven Pisano/Ragamala Dance Company)

Ranee Ramaswamy believes her oldest daughter was put upon the planet to dance.

"We all talk about previous births and reincarnation," says Ramaswamy. When it came to her eldest, Aparna Ramaswamy, she had no doubt. "I think she was a dancer in her previous birth, so it was natural to her. From the age of 3 to now, she has never deviated."

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