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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.

24 April - 4 June 2026

Akram makes his full-length ballet debut in Denmark with the Royal Danish Ballet, reimagining Shakespeare’s dark tragedy, Macbeth.

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Classical Intensive 2024

The 2024 programme saw our Creative Associate Mavin Khoo guide the 32 invited participants through an inspiring and rigorous creative journey. Enhancing their practice was live music from Jaffna-based Carnatic vocalist Jude Sivanganasundaram and mridangam artist Lohendran Mahendran, rooting the experience in the region’s musical traditions.

The third edition of our Classical Intensive programme was presented in collaboration with our friends at the British Council in Sri Lanka. Since its inception in 2019, the AKC ...

Memories of the Future

As part of Bradford’s tenure as City of Culture 2025, AKC came together with participants from Dance United Yorkshire’s remarkable, transformative programmes, including some of Bradford’s most vulnerable individuals.

Memories of the Future is a special project with Dance United Yorkshire. As part of Bradford’s tenure as City of Culture 2025, AKC has came together with participants fro...

The Fury of Beautiful Things

Co-published with Actes Sud, with the support of COLAS, The Fury of Beautiful Things was produced to mark the Company’s 20th anniversary celebration in October 2020. It invites you to walk through the experiences of our Company’s history through a remarkable collection of photos.

Co-published with Actes Sud, with the support of COLAS, The Fury of Beautiful Things was produced to mark the Company’s 20th anniversary celebration in October 2020. It i...

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...

Until the Lions

“As in many myths, the female characters are often the unsung heroes, the figures of strength and imagination and endurance. It is their unsung stories in particular that ...

"I want to dive into the myths of today, and children stories of tomorrow."

- Akram Khan

"As in many myths, the female characters are often the unsung heroes, the figures of strength and imagination and endurance. It is their unsung stories in particular that still haunt me today."

- Akram Khan

Until the Lions

World Première: 12 January 2016, Roundhouse, London Last performance: 28 July 2019, Zoumbouleio Megaro, Kalamata   "As in many myths, the female characters are often...

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For enquiries related to Akram’s independent commissions, please contact natalie@akramkhanproductions.com.

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