Sandhya Raman
{{short description|Indian costume designer}}
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{{Infobox fashion designer
| name = Sandhya Raman
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|7|13}}
| birth_place = New Delhi, India
| nationality = {{flagicon|India}} Indian
| education = National Institute of Design
| occupation = Costume designer
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Sandhya Raman is an Indian costume designer and curator whose focus is on socially responsible designs.{{cite news |title=Stories crafted in clothes |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/stories-crafted-in-clothes-763680 |work=The Tribune |date=28 April 2019}}{{cite news |title=Dancing pleats |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/dancing-pleats-69993.html |work=The Statesman |date=18 June 2015}}
Raman is the founder of Desmania Foundation.{{Cite web|title=Designing the Classic Language of Costumes|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2015/jun/17/designing-the-classic-language-of-costumes-770397.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The New Indian Express}}{{cite news |title=Focussing on Arunachal's weaves |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2019/jan/20/focussing-on-arunachals-weaves-1927591.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123051649/http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2019/jan/20/focussing-on-arunachals-weaves-1927591.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 January 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=20 January 2019 |publisher=The Sunday Standard}}{{Cite web|title=Stories crafted in clothes|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/stories-crafted-in-clothes-763680|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Tankha|first=Madhur|date=2019-01-29|title=Sandhya Raman: Lending a helping hand|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/fashion/sandhya-raman-lending-a-helping-hand/article26120138.ece|access-date=2020-11-26|issn=0971-751X}} Sandhya Raman designs costumes for dancers practicing contemporary as well as traditional dance forms.{{cite news|date=14 June 2015|title=Costumes that go into Indian dances|work=Business Standard|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/costumes-that-go-into-indian-dances-115061400217_1.html}}{{cite news|date=11 June 2015|title=when silk strikes an enigmatic pose|work=Deccan Herald|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/483912/when-silk-strikes-enigmatic-pose.html}}{{cite news|date=10 June 2015|title=Designs for stage|work=The Hindu|first=Anjana|last=Rajan|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/designing-costumes-for-indian-classical-dancers/article7302252.ece}}
Education and career
Raman is an alumnus of the National Institute of Design, (Ahmedabad) with a specialization in Apparel and Textile Design.{{cite news |title=Clothing the Form |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/clothing-the-form/|work=The Indian Express |date=15 June 2015}}{{cite news |title=Sway in sync |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2015/vivacity/sway-in-sync.html |work=The Pioneer |date=18 June 2015}}
Exhibitions
- Enigmatic East - From Ziro to Infinity at The India Habitat Centre, Delhi on 29 January 2019.{{cite journal |title=Weaving Arunachal's Textile Lagacy |journal=The Voive of Fashion |issue=29 January 2019 |url=https://thevoiceoffashion.com/fabric-of-india/inside-northeast/weaving-arunachals-textile-legacy-2118/}}
- Enchanted Tree - an interactive exhibition celebrating the diverse textiles of India at Kamaldevi Complex, March 2017{{Cite web|last=Lowen|first=Sharon|date=2017-03-21|title=A million Sitas in the forest|url=https://www.asianage.com/life/art/210317/a-million-sitas-in-the-forest.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Asian Age}}{{Cite web|title=IIC{{!}} India International Centre - Home|url=http://iicdelhi.nic.in/User_Panel/ProgramDetails.aspx?Value=MnMbKpZavpRArkIjN6zH56TgUr7QmoPz/EVnOdy+5/XKRIA+TqoUYApoI1dgCBQoKJBZ73ACWI4=|access-date=2020-11-26|website=iicdelhi.nic.in}}
- When the Pleats Dance - evolution of four decades of dance costumes at The Art Gallery of India International Centre{{cite news |title=when silk strikes an enigmatic pose |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/483912/when-silk-strikes-enigmatic-pose.html |work=Deccan Herald |date=11 June 2015}}
- (Un)masked - October 2017 (raised funds for International Medical Health Organization).{{cite news |title=(Un)Masked: Colorfully layered Third Eye Dancers presentation raises funds for IMHO |url=https://www.nripulse.com/unmasked-colorfully-layered-third-eye-dancers-presentation-raises-funds-for-imho/ |date=8 December 2017}}
Productions
- Goddess Central a dance drama which addressed the issue of female foeticide.{{cite news|date=15 Sep 2007|title=Dance drama : Goddess central|publisher=livemint|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/c1TNcjC1AjlTIcwzO0eFwO/Dance-drama-Goddess-central.html}}
- Moonbeam(1991) choreographed by Jonathan Hollander Battery Dance Co. USA. enacted by Mallika Sarabhai.{{cite news |title=artists have stay ahead curve ; at the same time, not lose human aspect |url=https://www.sakaltimes.com/art-culture/%E2%80%98artists-have-stay-ahead-curve-same-time-not-lose-human-aspect%E2%80%99-11701 |work=Sakal Times |date=12 January 2018}}
- Songs of Tagore, choreographed by Jonathan Hollander.
- Beauty and Beast : Bharathakala Natya Academy .{{cite news |title=Beauty, the Beast and Bharatanatyam |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/beauty-the-beast-and-bharatanatyam/article7846990.ece |work=The Hindu |date=5 November 2015}}
- Padme: Anita Ratnam .{{cite news |title=Inspired by the lotus, dancers come together |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/inspired-by-the-lotus-dancers-come-together/article7377334.ece |work=The hindu |date=2 July 2015}}
- Interrupted Aditi Mangaldas and Drishtikon Dance Company .{{cite web |title="1... Breath" – Kathak |url=http://www.aditimangaldasdance.com/dance-drishtikon.php |website=aditimangaldasdance.com}}
- Pralaya by Sampradaya Canada Lata pada .{{cite news |title=BWW Previews: Rasaja Foundation Presents Pralaya – A Collaboration In Bharatanatyam And Baliness Dance |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/india/article/BWW-Previews-RASAJA-FOUNDATION-PRESENTS-PRALAYA-A-Collaboration-In-Bharatanatyam-And-Baliness-Dance-20191211 |work=Broadway World |first=Zofeen |last=Maqsood |date=11 Dec 2019}}
- The incomplete Gesture : Natya Dance Theatre Chicago .{{cite news |title=Indian and Indonesian dance don't mix, except in 'Incomplete Gesture' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/ct-natya-gesture-dance-review-ent-1003-20161002-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune |first=Laura |last=Molzahn |date=2 Oct 2016}}
- Anekanta : Geeta Chandran and Natya Vriksha Dance company .{{cite news |title=The enigma of subjectivity |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/The-enigma-of-subjectivity/article16442877.ece |work=The Hindu |date=11 November 2016 |first=Sunil |last=Kothari |access-date=6 July 2022}}
Awards
(Stree) Nari Shakti Puraskar from Govt. of India 2008 and the Creative Excellence Award from UNFPA 2008.{{Cite web|last=Veena|date=2017-12-08|title=(Un)Masked: Colorfully layered Third Eye Dancers presentation raises funds for IMHO|url=https://www.nripulse.com/unmasked-colorfully-layered-third-eye-dancers-presentation-raises-funds-for-imho/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=NRI Pulse|language=en-US}}
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