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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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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...

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...

INSIRGENTS

INSIRGENTS is a short film directed by Akram Khan and Maxime Dos, with choreography by Akram Khan, based on the musical piece created by Aditya Prakash, in response to the Capitol Hill Insurgence and the Babri Mosque Demolition.

When violence plagues our rhetoric… When fear drives our politics… What values will we pass on to our future generations? INSIRGENTS is a short film directed by Akram Khan and M...

The Renovātiō Series

This is The Renovātiō Series, our digital programme as part of our Carnival of Shadows season. Taking its roots and meaning from latin: rebirth / renewal, The Renovātiō Series a...

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...

"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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