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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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...

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 allows us all to listen to the stories of many different people, and be true to each individual journey.

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...

The Architects of Stillness

With all the work we produce, we set out to create from a desire to tell stories and travel through the process with clear intention. During 2020, we spent a lot of time thinking about how to keep the conversation open with you all,

With all the work we produce, we set out to create from a desire to tell stories and travel through the process with clear intention. During 2020, we spent a lot of time thinkin...

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...

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...

"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...

"Our future peace processes rely on us inspiring a younger generation"

- Sue Buckmaster

Chotto Xenos

World Première: 21 February 2020, DanceEast, Ipswich, UK. We've teamed up with director Sue Buckmaster to reimagine XENOS into a child-friendly production. Interweavi...

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