Bijayini Satpathy at the Drive East Festival – Kalpana bill – New York
★★★★★ I’ve never seen a more vivid performer; her large eyes seem to touch each person in the audience…
Fall For Dance Festival at City Center – Programs 3 and 4 – New York
Fall For Dance is a genuine feast, a display of unparalleled variety and plenty. When well-balanced, nothing is sweeter… but occasionally the flavors clash, and the abundance overwhelms.
Nrityagram Dance Ensemble – Shyamala Vandana, Dhira Samiré, Vibhakta – New York
In an inspired collaboration with the World Music Institute, the Metropolitan presented two dancers from the southern-Indian ensemble Nrityagram, Surupa Sen and Bijayiny Satpathy, at the Temple of Dendur on Saturday.
Rahul Acharya, Vidhya Subramanian, Shambhavi Dandekar and Janaki Rangarajan – Dancing the Gods – New York
In New York we are lucky to see quite a bit of Indian classical dance. The local crowd has developed a taste for it, and thus has been spoiled with some memorable performances…
Nrityagram Dance Ensemble and Chitrasena Dance Company – New York
Every performance by the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble feels like a revelation. We are lucky that the company visits New York regularly…
