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Over the last 25 years, Akram Khan Company has established itself as one of the foremost innovative dance companies in the world. Embracing an artistic vision that both respects and challenges Indian kathak form and contemporary dance.

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Vertical Road

World Premiere: 16 September 2010, Curve, Leicester

In Vertical Road, Akram assembled a cast of very special performers from across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. With a specially commissioned score by long-term collaborator c...

The Silent Burn Project

This programme is dedicated to everyone who had walked with us on our unpredictable 20-year adventure. It’s for all the company members and artists from start to present, and for those who feel silenced and who are yet to find their voice.

“After twenty years of unearthing, discovering, and retelling through new lenses, this is a moment for me to reflect and to look back at the footsteps that we at AKC have ...

DESH

World Premiere: 15 September 2011, Curve Theatre, Leicester

DESH is a full-length contemporary solo and the most personal work of Akram’s. DESH meaning ‘homeland’ in Bengali, draws multiple tales of land, nation, resist...

Jungle Book reimagined

After three incredible years, the Jungle Book reimagined journey will draw to a close with its final performances in Saitama and Aichi – Japan, in June 2025. “We are now living ...

iTMOi

  iTMOi (in the mind of igor) “In this work, I am interested in the dynamics of how Stravinsky transformed the classical world of music by evoking emotions through patterns...

"What does dance mean to you right now?"

- Akram Khan

The Renovātiō Series

Welcome to The Renovātiō Series, the digital programme as part of our Carnival of Shadows season. Taking its roots and meaning from latin: rebirth / renewal, The Renovātiō Seri...

"Chotto Desh will inspire children to think about their own stories and perhaps make their own autobiographical art full of truth and beauty."

- Sue Buckmaster

Chotto Desh

World Premiere: 23 October 2015, DanceEast, Ipswich, UK London Premiere: 30 October 2015, Sadler’s Wells, London Last performance: 24 November 2018, Fei and Milton Wong Experi...

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