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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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Trespassing Humanity

“Confronted with a tragic second wave of the pandemic, the current challenges that India is facing are critical. Whilst media coverage focuses on urban cities, the outbreak that is now spreading through villages and marginalised communities means that numbers are undocumented.

“Confronted with a tragic second wave of the pandemic, the current challenges that India is facing are critical. Whilst media coverage focuses on urban cities, the outbreak that...

Chotto Xenos

World Premiere: 21 February 2020, DanceEast, Ipswich

In 2019, Sue Buckmaster reimagined XENOS into a child-friendly production. Interweaving the themes from the piece, Chotto Xenos probes the necessary questions to younger audienc...

Creature

Creature is an unearthly tale of exploitation and human frontiers inspired by Georg Büchner’s expressionist classic Woyzeck, with shadows of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Drawing on themes of abandonment, isolat

Creature is an unearthly tale of exploitation and human frontiers inspired by Georg Büchner’s expressionist classicWoyzeck, with shadows of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Drawing ...

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 ...

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...

"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 taken collectively."

- Akram Khan

The Silent Burn Project

Welcome to the The Silent Burn Project. This programme is dedicated to everyone who has walked with us on this unpredictable 20-year adventure. It’s for all the company members...

"Whose war? Whose fire? Whose hand is this?"

- Jordan Tannahill

XENOS

World Premiere: 21 February 2018, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens   ‘Whose war? Whose fire? Whose hand is this?’ Xenos by Jordan Tannahill   ...

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