Thikra

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Chotto Desh

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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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Akram Khan’s Giselle

The iconic ballet, reimagined.
In this acclaimed version by Akram Khan, the greatest Romantic ballet and its story of love, betrayal and redemption are reimagined.

The iconic ballet, reimagined. In this acclaimed version by Akram, the greatest Romantic ballet and its story of love, betrayal and redemption are reimagined. The score is adapt...

Summer Intensive 2019

From 5–10 August 2019, 42 dancers met us in a far away countryside to immerse themselves in what turned out to be an incredibly…

From 5–10 August 2019, 42 dancers met us in a far away countryside to immerse themselves in what turned out to be an incredibly moving experience. Each day was filled not only w...

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 ...

Thikra

Thikra: Night of Remembering is Akram Khan Company’s latest production created in collaboration with award-winning visual artist Manal AlDowayan. Thikra draws inspiration from A...

Chotto Desh

We are delighted to present our much-loved family-friendly production of Chotto Desh. Adapted in 2015 by Theatre-Rites’ director Sue Buckmaster from Akram Khan’s Olivier Award-w...

"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...

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

- Akram Khan

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