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Photograph Tristram Kenton

akram khan company

Indian classical Kathak, Contemporary dance

SIZE OF COMPANY
10–15 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Middle- to large-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Akram Khan

Producer
Farooq Chaudhry

Company Manager
Charlene Lim

Technical Manager
Fabiana Piccioli

International Coordinator
Tan Shir Ee

Finance Manager
Jan Hart

ARTISTIC POLICY
Akram Khan seeks to establish a new tradition of storytelling by drawing on influences from the North Indian classical dance form kathak, Indian classical music and western contemporary dance and music.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
The Times ()

The Times ()

Evening Standard ()

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Collaboration with French ballerina Sylvie Guillem, featuring additional choreography by Lin Hwai-Min, artistic director of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre and music composed by Philip Sheppard.

Collaboration between Akram Khan and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Les Ballets C de la B, Belgium), sculptor Antony Gormley and composer Nitin Sawhney.

(classical Kathak) The final part of a trilogy based on Hindu mythological gods, including the main solos from Akram Khan's previous Kathak programmes and a new solo choreographed by Kumudini Lakhia, one of India's leading Kathak artists.

WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY
Limited number of master-classes.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 Italy (), USA, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Austria, France, Belgium (), France, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, USA, Canada, Mexico, Luxembourg (), Sweden (), Slovenia, Canada, USA, Spain, Netherlands, Hungary (

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details available on request.

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