Raama Bharadvaj, the Director of Angahara Ensemble in California, is a dancer, teacher, choreographer and actress with over 3 decades of creative achievements. She is the winner of the prestigious Lester Horton Dance Award in Los Angeles and her performances have been listed by Orange County Register, as one of the Most Memorable World Dance events of 1992, 1997 and 2000. A tireless advocate of multicultural education she has taught at various universities and colleges and has reached thousands of inner city children through her outreach presentations. She is the recipient of the Multi Cultural Grant (1995-2001) and Traditional/Folk Arts Grant (1999) from the California Arts Council and has served on dance panels for the CAC and NEA. She is currently on the dance faculty at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa CA. Ramaa and her daughter Swetha were featured on the cover of the June 2000 issue of Dance Magazine, the world's most prestigious dance publication.
