Sandhya Raman

Indian costume designer

Sandhya Raman
Born (1967-07-13) 13 July 1967 (age 57)
New Delhi, India
NationalityIndia Indian
EducationNational Institute of Design
OccupationCostume designer

Sandhya Raman is an Indian costume designer and curator whose focus is on socially responsible designs.[1][2] Raman is the founder of Desmania Foundation.[3][4][5][6] Sandhya Raman designs costumes for dancers practicing contemporary as well as traditional dance forms.[7][8][9]

Education and career

Raman is an alumnus of the National Institute of Design, (Ahmedabad) with a specialization in Apparel and Textile Design.[1][10][11]

Exhibitions

  • Enigmatic East - From Ziro to Infinity at The India Habitat Centre, Delhi on 29 January 2019.[12][4]
  • Enchanted Tree - an interactive exhibition celebrating the diverse textiles of India at Kamaldevi Complex, March 2017[13][14]
  • When the Pleats Dance - evolution of four decades of dance costumes at The Art Gallery of India International Centre[2][10][15]
  • (Un)masked - October 2017 (raised funds for International Medical Health Organization).[16]

Productions

  • Goddess Central a dance drama which addressed the issue of female foeticide.[17]
  • Moonbeam(1991) choreographed by Jonathan Hollander Battery Dance Co. USA. enacted by Mallika Sarabhai.[18][10]
  • Songs of Tagore, choreographed by Jonathan Hollander.[18][9]
  • Beauty and Beast : Bharathakala Natya Academy .[19]
  • Padme: Anita Ratnam .[20]
  • Interrupted Aditi Mangaldas and Drishtikon Dance Company .[21]
  • Pralaya by Sampradaya Canada Lata pada .[22]
  • The incomplete Gesture : Natya Dance Theatre Chicago .[23]
  • Anekanta : Geeta Chandran and Natya Vriksha Dance company .[24]

Awards

(Stree) Nari Shakti Puraskar from Govt. of India 2008 and the Creative Excellence Award from UNFPA 2008.[25]

References

  1. ^ a b "Stories crafted in clothes". The Tribune. 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Dancing pleats". The Statesman. 18 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Designing the Classic Language of Costumes". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Focussing on Arunachal's weaves". The New Indian Express. The Sunday Standard. 20 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Stories crafted in clothes". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  6. ^ Tankha, Madhur (29 January 2019). "Sandhya Raman: Lending a helping hand". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Costumes that go into Indian dances". Business Standard. 14 June 2015.
  8. ^ "when silk strikes an enigmatic pose". Deccan Herald. 11 June 2015.
  9. ^ a b Rajan, Anjana (10 June 2015). "Designs for stage". The Hindu.
  10. ^ a b c "Clothing the Form". The Indian Express. 15 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Sway in sync". The Pioneer. 18 June 2015.
  12. ^ "Weaving Arunachal's Textile Lagacy". The Voive of Fashion (29 January 2019).
  13. ^ Lowen, Sharon (21 March 2017). "A million Sitas in the forest". The Asian Age. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  14. ^ "IIC| India International Centre - Home". iicdelhi.nic.in. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  15. ^ "when silk strikes an enigmatic pose". Deccan Herald. 11 June 2015.
  16. ^ "(Un)Masked: Colorfully layered Third Eye Dancers presentation raises funds for IMHO". 8 December 2017.
  17. ^ "Dance drama : Goddess central". livemint. 15 September 2007.
  18. ^ a b "artists have stay ahead curve ; at the same time, not lose human aspect". Sakal Times. 12 January 2018.
  19. ^ "Beauty, the Beast and Bharatanatyam". The Hindu. 5 November 2015.
  20. ^ "Inspired by the lotus, dancers come together". The hindu. 2 July 2015.
  21. ^ ""1... Breath" – Kathak". aditimangaldasdance.com.
  22. ^ Maqsood, Zofeen (11 December 2019). "BWW Previews: Rasaja Foundation Presents Pralaya – A Collaboration In Bharatanatyam And Baliness Dance". Broadway World.
  23. ^ Molzahn, Laura (2 October 2016). "Indian and Indonesian dance don't mix, except in 'Incomplete Gesture'". Chicago Tribune.
  24. ^ Kothari, Sunil (11 November 2016). "The enigma of subjectivity". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  25. ^ Veena (8 December 2017). "(Un)Masked: Colorfully layered Third Eye Dancers presentation raises funds for IMHO". NRI Pulse. Retrieved 26 November 2020.


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