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,Drive East is one of the most lauded congregations of Indian Classical dance and music outside of India. It's concerts and artists are frequently featured in prominent media all over the world such as The New York Times, India Abroad, The Hindu, The New Yorker and more.
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2018
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"Upping its game once again, the 2018 Drive East offered an inspiring week-long program... the range and quality of the performers presented is a tribute to the work and vision of the Navatman organization and the culture’s supreme dedication to its performing arts." |
"Watching... I began to feel, as I have sometimes in the past, that no other dance forms match the classical ones of India" |
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2017
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2016
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As festivals go, Drive East is like a tiny jewel box. Its gems, though, are dazzling." |
"...there was a good crowd, an impressively diverse mix of the many cultures that continue to defy the odds to make this city such a rich cultural melting pot."
- New York Music Daily Read the full review here.
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2015
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"By the end of her 90-minute presentation, you had forgotten about the empty seats; Ms. Joglekar’s mature warmth and clarity, in a form that requires as much emotional nuance as it does rhythmic exactitude, effortlessly enraptured." - Siobhan Burke, NYTimes, August 10th, Drive East 2015
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"Despite her gleaming beauty, Ms. Ramaswamy presents herself with a forthright simplicity, imbuing her refined, sculptural muscularity with a tranquillity that contrasts with the springy exuberance of her feet. ...Within each articulation is the sense that there is breath — or a continual flow of energy — coursing through her limbs."
-Gia Kourlas, NYTimes, August 12th, Drive East 2015 Read the full review here. |
2014
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The New York Times, 8/15 |
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