The brief but rich Drive East festival, at A.R.T./New York Theatres, Aug. 5-11, presents a packed program of
Indian dance and music by accomplished performers from India and the U.S. One highlight is a solo evening
by the Odissi dancer Bijayini Satpathy (above), whose technique is extraordinarily vivid—a powerful expression
of the classical Indian ideal of storytelling through movement. Other participants include the Princeton-
based sitar virtuoso Hidayat Khan and the bharata-natyam dancer Vidhya Subramanian, from Cupertino.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DJENEBA ADUAYOM
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
JULY 31 – AUGUST 13, 2019
