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Sound Engineer Julien Deloison Acclaimed for his dance language rooted in the ancient Indian dance – Kathak. Akram Khan has been awarded in the category of "Top Grade" Tabla Player from All. Technical Coordinator Peter Swikker Special thanks to Katia Arfara & the OCC team, Michael Chance, Michael Moody, Nigel Hinds, Jenny Waldman, Sarah Goodfellow, Hervé Le Bouc, Delphine Lombard, Béatrice Abeille-Robin, Mr. & Mrs. Khan, Yuko Khan, Sayuri & Kenzo Khan, Dannii Evans, Zia Ali, Es Devlin, Zena Edwards, Tim Freke, Ronan Harrington, Daniel Hernandez, Amit Lahav, Jerome Lewis, Confucius MC, Vahakn Matossian, Camilla Power, Ella Saltmarshe, Murray Shanahan, Zahed Sultan, Temujen Gunawandena, Jess Balla, Chris Timpson, Paul Evans, Robin Leonard, Florian Stagliano. Rehearsal Directors Mavin Khoo and Nicola Monaco, Dancer Akram Khan Accompanied on stage by five musicians, he takes us on a journey into his enticing world: kathak, contemporary dance, rousing rhythms and world musical traditions. Akram Khan and Stina Quagebeur in rehearsal. Accompanied on stage by five musicians, he takes us on a journey into his enticing world: kathak, contemporary dance, rousing rhythms and world musical traditions. All rights reserved. Photograph: Laurent Liotardo. Akram Khan – in reportedly his last full-length production as a performer – is an astonishingly precise dancer. Discover what happened on this day. Over at Sadler’s Wells, English National Ballet has reprised Akram Khan’s Giselle, created in 2016 and now a highlight in the company’s touring catalogue. Participate in placements, workshops and professional development. Giselle. World Première: 21 February 2018, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, ‘Whose war? Production Manager John Valente We are extremely excited to present Akram’s most anticipated new solo, XENOS, which marks his final performances as a dancer in a full-length piece. Along with dramaturg Ruth Little and acclaimed Canadian playwright Jordan Tannahill, he teams up with German designer Mirella Weingarten, award-winning lighting designer Michael Hulls, costume designer Kimie Nakano, and composer Vincenzo Lamagna. Yet his 75-minute performance … March – July 2017 Akram Kahn’s Giselle receives several awards, including the Robert Robson Best Dance Production prize at the Manchester Theatre Awards and the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Dance. India. The original music score was devised in collaboration with Nina Harries, Andrew Maddick, B C Manjunath, Tamar Osborn, Aditya Prakash; and contains extracts from Requiem in D minor K. 626 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire (traditional composition), Tu Karim (traditional composition), Chhap Tilak (Amir Khusro), Babul Mora (Nawab Wajid Ali Shah), Naiharwa (Kabir). Alina Cojocaru as Giselle and Isaac Hernandez as Albrecht in Akram Khan's Giselle © Laurent Liotardo. Props made by Louise Edge from LFX props & special fx. Co-produced by Onassis Cultural Centre – Athens, The Grange Festival Hampshire, Sadler’s Wells London, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Théâtre de la Ville – Paris/La Villette – Paris, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, National Arts Centre Ottawa, The Center for China Shanghai International Arts Festival (CSIAF), Centro Cultural de Belém, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Grec 2018 Festival de Barcelona, HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts Dresden, Tanz Köln, Edinburgh International Festival, Adelaide Festival, Festival Montpellier Danse 2018, Julidans Amsterdam, Canadian Stage Toronto, Romaeuropa Festival, Torinodanza festival / Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts New York, University of California Berkeley, Danse Danse Montreal, Curve Leicester, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand – scène nationale. Stage Manager Marek Pomocki XENOS takes place on the border between East and West, past and present, mythology and technology, where humanity still stands in wonder and disarray. Costume Designer Kimie Nakano Email: office@akramkhancompany.net, Somerset House The return of Akram Khan’s Until the Lions to the Roundhouse, where it was created two years ago, marks the end of a world tour and of Khan’s career as a principal dancer in his own productions. The world première of Akram Khan’s latest work here, at the Onassis Stegi. New Wing, Strand Khan has been the recipient of numerous awards throughout his career including the Laurence Olivier Award, the Bessie Award (New York Dance and Performance Award), the prestigious ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts) Distinguished Artist Award, the Fred and Adele Astaire Award, the Herald Archangel Award at the Edinburgh International Festival, the South Bank Sky Arts Award and eight Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards. Look up when shows, workshops and events are happening near you. But I wrote to AKC for a visit to Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka, without worrying too much about the probability. Akram Khan Company Until the Lions London, Roundhouse 11 January 2016 Gallery of pictures by Foteini Christofilopoulou www.akramkhancompany.net www.roundhouse.org.uk. Akram Khan's Dust was commissioned for the English National Ballet's mixed bill, Lest We Forget, which is about the first world war and one of the first commissions by artistic director Tamara Rojo.For the mixed bill, Rojo said she chose choreographers who are British and from different backgrounds, including Khan, who was only trained in contemporary dance and Kathak. Productions. Support us. Technical Director Richard Fagan Baby Boober is the result of the end of World War II, when birth rates across the world spiked. Whose hand is this?’ What’s On. Akram has brought together a stellar creative team. Akram Khan Company and Leicester’s Curve Theatre are pleased to announce that Akram Khan's Jungle Book Reimagined, the choreographer’s brand-new work – a deeply personal interpretation based on the original story by Rudyard Kipling with an original score, will have its world premiere at Curve from April 2 – 9, 2022.Tickets will go on sale in the coming months. The Seventies saw many women's rights, gay rights, and environmental movements. Along with dramaturg, 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary. Akram Khan, one of the UK’s most feted contemporary dancers, is to retire from full-length performances with a piece marking the centenary of the first world war. Born in London to a Bangladeshi family, Khan received training in the Kathak style of classical Indian dance, in which rhythm and movement cohere into narrative. Akram Khan was part of Bangladesh's inaugural Test Match, in 2000–01 against India. Find out more about every production, past and present. Akram Khan is part of the Baby boomers generation. In Xenos, he moves through the air as if he senses an unseen force of wind, catching it on his arms to spin skyward, then hooking into its current to be pushed into the ground. Musicians Nina Harries (double bass & vocals), B C Manjunath (percussions & konnakol), Tamar Osborn (baritone saxophone), Aditya Prakash (vocals), Clarice Rarity (violin), Executive Producer Farooq Chaudhry One of the most original and celebrated choreographers of international dance. … New Wing, Strand Support us. Khan … Productions. Akram’s movement language shifts between classical kathak and contemporary dance. Somerset House Technician Russell Parker Learn about our history, meet us and find out how to work with us. His Performances are highly appreciated and acknowledged by his admirers and critics alike. Email access@harristheaterchicago.org or call 312.334.7777 to inquire about the performance date. You are about to leave the Akram Khan Company website to experience the creation of XENOS on our microsite. ZIZEL of Akram Khan from the English National Ballet! Akram Khan in his much anticipated new opus, a solo that will mark his last performances as a dancer in a full-length production. In this brand-new work commissioned by 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary, Akram draws on the archives of the 20th century, and gives voice to the shell-shocked dream of a colonial soldier in the First World War. Set Designer Mirella Weingarten New Wing, Strand © 2015 Akram Khan Company. Akram Khan’s background is the Indian classical dance kathak, and in contemporary dance. Lighting Engineer Stéphane Déjours Participate in placements, workshops and professional development. And I started my quest to raise the money needed to … Akram is joined onstage by five international musicians: percussionist B C Manjunath, vocalist Aditya Prakash, bass player Nina Harries, violinist Clarice Rarity, and saxophonist Tamar Osborn. Find out more about every production, past and present. For the best experience, we recommend that you visit the microsite on a desktop with your sound on and view it in full screen. This is a great example of how Khan is affected by the world he lives in, and shows the human spirit within it. Lighting Designer Michael Hulls What was it like to work with classical ballet dancers? Email: office@akramkhancompany.net, All photos © Jean Louis Fernandez unless otherwise stated. Akram Khan company. Akram Khan in XENOS | © Nicol Vizioli Not only is he an exceptional dancer who reinterprets and reinvents styles by pushing the boundaries of traditional dance forms, including Kathak , a traditional northern Indian dance in which storytelling is at its core, but he’s also a phenomenal choreographer whose performances take you on a life-changing journey. ON LINE STREAMING: Giselle with extra performances! © 2015 Akram Khan Company. Find out more about every production, past and present. “I admire classical dancers, because I was trained classically too. Akram Khan in rehearsal for Xenos. Akram Khan was born in 1970s. He began dancing and trained in the classical South Asian dance form of Kathak at the age of seven. Acclaimed for his dance language rooted in the ancient Indian dance – Kathak. Xenos by Jordan Tannahill. Akram Khan gratefully acknowledges Akram Khan Company staff team: Farooq Chaudhry, Jan Hart, Richard Fagan, Tina Fagan, Mashitah Omar, Clare Cody-Richardson, Céline Gaubert, Christine Maupetit, Amy Sharkey, Hannah Patel, Mai Tassinari, Nathan White, and all those who contributed to make the production successful. Original Music Score and Sound Design Vincenzo Lamagna Birju Maharaj, Pt.Shiv kumar Sharma, Pt.Hari Prasad Chaurasia,Ustad.Amjad Ali Khansahab Pt. AKC’s technical Head found Shilpakala adequate. Akram Khan’s modern interpretation, infused with Indian dance, is followed by Dada Masilo’s contemporary choreography with a dose of traditional Tswana dance from Africa – and a classical performance by the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Over the last twenty years, Akram Khan Company has established itself as one of the foremost innovative dance companies in the world. One of the most original and celebrated choreographers of international dance. Explore essays, books, interviews, DVDs and other resources. London, WC2R 1LA, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7354 4333 Project/Tour Manager Mashitah Omar At the age of 13, he was cast in Peter Brook's Shakespeare Company production of Mahabharata, touring the world betwe… Explore essays, books, interviews, DVDs and other resources. InDaily: The much-fêted Akram Khan’s final full-length dance performance is a consummate work of anguish and exquisite beauty by Katherine Arguile (18 March 2018) New Wing, Strand Learn about our history, meet us and find out how to work with us. He studied with Pratap Pawar, later becoming his disciple. He began his stage career in the Adventures of Mowgli tour 1984–1985 produced by the Academy of Indian Dance, now Akademi South Asian Dance. Find out more about every production, past and present. “Original, insightful, and nuanced, Royona Mitra's Akram Khan: Dancing New Interculturalism investigates Khan's politicized aesthetic as part of an emerging phenomenon of new interculturalism in performance. Three very different dance performances of Giselle are showing in London this autumn. When he worked with us on Dust, it was the first time he’d ever worked with a ballet company. Radio. Acclaimed for his dance language rooted in the ancient Indian dance – Kathak. About us. Thousands of viewers saw it and loved it. Rajan&Sajan Mishra, Pt. Akram Khan is an Associate Artist of Sadler’s Wells London and Curve Leicester. Event Sponsors For more information about accessible services at the Harris, please visit our Accessibility page.. XENOS reveals the beauty and horror of the human condition in its portrait of an Indian dancer whose skilled body becomes an instrument of war. Look up when shows, workshops and events are happening near you. Artistic Director/Choreographer/Performer Akram Khan, Dramaturg Ruth Little Embracing an artistic vision that both respects and challenges Indian kathak form and contemporary dance, Akram Khan has created a substantial body of critically acclaimed work that ranges from classical and modern solos to artist-to-artist collaborations and company … Whose fire? Email: office@akramkhancompany.net, All photos © Jean Louis Fernandez unless otherwise stated. Email: office@akramkhancompany.net, Somerset House London, WC2R 1LA, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7354 4333 The 21st century dance masterpiece again at Christmas Theater On Line! Produced during residency at The Grange Festival, Hampshire and Onassis Cultural Centre – Athens (OCC). Readily vaulting artistic boundaries, using speech and dialogue in his work, Khan even choreographed an Indian temple segment for Kylie Minogue in 2006. All rights reserved. Here is a video of the outstanding performance. EXTRA DATES MARCH 19-22 Get a code, log in and experience the magic of dance! Both Akram and Mavin emphasized their strong brotherhood, describing how each production was developed with multiple collaborators invested from the start. They are associate… Following Dust, Khan choreographed Giselle for the dancers of The English National Ballet. Commissioned by 14-18 NOW: WW1 Centenary Art Commissions, supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England, and by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Created and performed by Akram Khan, XENOS explored the experience of an Indian colonial soldier in the first modern conflict, expressing both the beauty and horror of the human condition through sound, light and movement.. XENOS marked the final solo performances by Khan, one of Britain’s most revered dancers and choreographers. The sold-out-epilogue performance by Akram Khan on its world première. Akram Khan Company 'bahok' from Article19 on Vimeo. About us. London, WC2R 1LA, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7354 4333 One of the most original and celebrated choreographers of international dance. Somerset House This seemed like a sign. One of the most original and celebrated choreographers of international dance. "Directing this short film, was like writing a song, except the words had a will of their own, just as the movements had its own sense of truth, independent to the choreography of the camera. Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian. Akram Khan Company (AKC) staff already recced five cities of India and returned empty handed as none of the venues matched the requirements. Akram has brought together a stellar creative team. And, at its heart, it is a sobering exploration of the human experience of war and its ripple-like effects on humanity.”, “One suspects as the lights come up at the end of his extraordinarily wrought and skilful performance that it is one of such emotional, as well as physical intensity, that it leaves him as shattered and breathless as it leaves us.”, “This is not just another work but life itself: it is a search for identity, a process that threatens to uproot every individual from his world and his fundamental ties.”. Look up when shows, workshops and events are happening near you. Akram Khan Company, even just in its name, appears to rely on the creative genius of one person, so it was refreshing to discover how collaborative the process was behind the scenes. And here it is, the beautifully edited full performance of Father: Vision of the Floating World.Video by Applebox Films In his choreographed pieces, Khan fuses this deeply traditional art form with the innovative flair of contemporary performance. Khan was born in Wimbledon, London, England, into a family from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Akram Khan company. It has been a real learning process, one that I thoroughly enjoyed.” – Akram, “We’re whisked away to a fundamental and deep-reaching plane, and into the all too human experience of self-alienation.”, “As Vincenzo Lamagna’s fine score builds in volume and intensity, Khan gives us the failing body, the breaking body, the body as repository of physical and psychic pain.”, “Both a tribute to and a lament for the 1.5 million Indian soldiers who fought in the trenches of the First World War, it expands beyond its original intent to interrogate the purpose of humanity in an increasingly inhumane world.”, “A triumph of collaboration, the entire piece radiates this sort of magic-realist, borderline surreal logic – reminiscent, in fact, of Khan’s earlier one-man masterpiece DESH (2011), but in a far darker vein.”, “I suppose it is the inevitability of growing up. Don't miss it! Part Two: Akram Khan and Natalia Osipova, Far From The Norm and Northern Ballet Dancing Nation Birmingham Royal Ballet, Boy Blue and the swagger of Oona Doherty also feature. He has been accompanying all top musicians of india like:Pt.Ravi Shankar ji, Pt. The 1970s were a "pivot of change", it was an era of economic struggle, cultural change, and technological innovation. Writer Jordan Tannahill About Vertical Road (2010) he states that it is related to the fast-paced lifestyle and losing track of our spirituality. I am so involved emotionally and psychologically in the politics of the world now.”, “In my work, I need a character I can relate to – but also a character who can relate to me.”, “It is a visually arresting experience on a scale so grand that, at times, you don’t believe your eyes. A performance of Akram Khan’s Creature will be audio-described. London, WC2R 1LA, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7354 4333 What’s On. 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