2023
Featured in "The Hindu"
​"Walking into Navatman’s new, in-house theater space, an intimate 30-seater black box auditorium, is like heading home ... Am I in Chennai? No. I am just enjoying a slice of the city in the middle of Koreatown in Manhattan. Welcome to the Drive East festival, where Indian arts come alive far away from their home."
Featured in "Dance Magazine" and "Dance Teacher Magazine"
"Bharatanatyam dancers are known for their ability to imbue small movements with giant meaning. A pointed turn of the head, shift of the gaze, or movement of the hands and fingers can move the choreography forward or reveal the nuances of a specific character. “The moment you walk on the dance floor, you are learning how to articulate your fingers,” says Sahasra Sambamoorthi" 
Featured in "The Dance Enthusiast"
"Both events were part of a remarkable lineup of music and dance at the Navatman studios, whose entrance was transformed into a shrine with sacred images, garlands of flowers, and colorful draperies, and where audience members were offered rose-water refreshments before the show."
2022
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​2008 - 2015
Drive East 2016:
  • Rukmini Vijayakumar, Yamini Kalluri, NADAM & Sunanda Nair got a preview in the New York Times.
  • A preview of the Fest in: Brown Girl Magazine, India.com, The Indian Eye, The Universal News Network and Asana.
  • An editorial piece by our very own student Jessica Perez on the role of Indian Classical Dance and Music in her life - featured in Guernica Magazine.
  • The New Yorker recommended us here.
  • Time Out New York said that Drive East was one of the best things to do in the East Village. 
  • A mention in the Narthaki.
  • Kedar Naphade got a special mention in the NewYork Music Daily.
  • Navatman Music Collective also got a review in the New York Music Daily.
  • Sahasra Sambamoorthi had a feature in Dance Teacher magazine
  • We were promoted on various local radio stations, encouraging people to come to the performances
Mention for Politics as a Spectable event at the Museum of Moving Images by The Hindu, Sept 27, 2015. Click here for full article

Drive East 2015:
"[Navatman]...offers classes in a small, friendly atmosphere", Hinduism Here Blog

Drive East 2014:
Drive East 2013:
Review of Odisha Dance Academy; New York Times
Review of Ramya Ramnarayan Margam with Live Orchestra; New York Times // PDF Version
Review of Pappu Can Sing, Salla by The Anamika-Navatman Youth Board; India Ink New York TImes // PDF Version
Review of Bhinna Pravaaha with Maya Kulkarni; Lassi with Lavina || PDF version
Blog Post on Indian Khana Made Easy about the first Brunch Performance Series
Interview with Sahasra; Artist Spotlight: Art + Culture
Review of Her Story: The Hindu
Interview with Srinidhi about Her Story: The Times of India
Review of Her Story: Eastern Eye
Review of Her Story: Confluence
Review of Her Story: Narthaki.com
Review of Her Story: Lokvani.com || PDF version
Review of Her Story: Rasikas.org || PDF version
Review of Sahasra's and Srinidhi's performance at the IAAC Downtown Dance Festival: New York Times  || PDF version
Review of Sahasra's and Srinidhi's performances at the IAAC Downtown Dance Festival: Narthaki.com
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