Easingwold International Festival 2025

“ It was great to see so many people thoroughly enjoying the music and dance, and cross-cultural exchange.

I am ashamed to say I knew little about Insian dance despite having a friend who specializes in it — we have just never discussed it. But the Balbir Singh Dance Company changed that! I learned that they have cheeky songs that help them remember many of the spices they use, which really puts a personality into the spices. Also that they match syllables to notes in a way I had never heard of. The dancing was really evocative, conjuring up the spirit of the Ganges and all sorts of wild animals, all in the initiate [sic] setting of the library.

- Lydia Ebdon, for the Easingwold Advertiser Newspaper ”