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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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London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony

Akram was invited to choreograph a prominent section of  Danny Boyle’s Isles of Wonder London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. The brief from Boyle to Akram was one word – Mortality.

Akram was invited to choreograph a prominent section of  Danny Boyle’s Isles of Wonder London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. The brief from Boyle to Akram was one wo...

Big Dance

This was a unique opportunity for anyone, anywhere across the world, to learn a dance choreographed by Akram, along with specially composed music by Nitin Sawhney.

This moment marked Akram choreographing the 10th and final edition of Big Dance.

This was a unique opportunity for anyone, anywhere across the world, to learn a dance choreographed by Akram, along with specially composed music by Nitin Sawhney. This moment m...

Our Animal Kingdom

The Animal Kingdom Project is an initiation between Numeridanse and Akram Khan Company. Inspired from the Company’s production Outwitting the Devil that centres the human connection to the natural world, this project was an opportunity for participants to evoke the wild things that we believe, live in all of us.

The Animal Kingdom Project is an initiation between Numeridanse and Akram Khan Company. Inspired from the Company’s production Outwitting the Devil that centres the human connec...

Kaash (Revival)

(Revival of the 2002 full-length work) Akram Khan teamed up with the celebrated talents of Anish Kapoor and Nitin Sawhney to present his company’s first full-length evening work...

DESH

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...

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

- Akram Khan

"Twenty years on, it still feels like we're just beginning. It's exhilarating and beautiful to feel this way."

- Farooq Chaudhry

Carnival of Shadows

"Sadler's Wells Theatre has been my dancing home for the last 16 years I hold our longstanding relationship with Alistair and the staff at Sadler's with great respect an...

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

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