14 – 27 April 2011 Forward Motion Screening
A Moving Snapshot of Britain’s prolific Screen Dance Industry, a British Council Project co-produced with South East Dance
Noha Al Radi Hall, Madina Theatre
20 - 24 April 2011 BIPOD- Arab Dance Platform
UK delegation: attendance of 5 key contacts in UK Contemporary Dance Scene
Monday 25 April 2011 Dance Workshop with Akram Khan Dance Company
17.00 – 20.00, Maqamat
Tuesday 26 April 2011 Arts Management Seminar
Conducted by Farooq Chaudhry, Producer, Akram Khan Dance Company
11.00 – 13.00, Maqamat
Tuesday 26 April 2011 Post-Performance Discussion
With Akram Khan, Farooq Chaudhry, the dancers and the audience
21.30, Madina Theatre
Vertical Road press quotes
“hugely inspiring and profoundly disturbing, terrible and beautiful at the same time.”
Pat Ashworth | THE STAGE | 17 Sept 2010
“Khan’s journey of reconnection is a harrowing, beautiful puzzle”
Judith Mackrell | THE GUARDIAN |18 Sept 2010
“at once exquisite and thrilling."
Luke Jennings | THE OBSERVER | 19 Sept 2010
“Vertical Road’s physical power is irresistible”
David Dougill | THE SUNDAY TIMES | 26 Sept 2010
“A visceral evening of choreography”
Sarah Compton | THE DAILY TELEGRAPH | 8 October 2010
“An evening of rare intelligence and artistry”
Gerald Dowler | FINANCIAL TIMES | 9 October 2010
Vertical Road in the Arab World
Vertical Road in the Arab world from British Council on Vimeo.
“Vertical Road” Akram Khan’s latest contemporary work touring the region
Akram Khan has assembled a cast of very special performers from across Asia, Europe and the Arab World. With a specially commissioned score by long-term collaborator composer, Nitin Sawhney, Vertical Road draws inspiration from the Sufi tradition and the Persian poet and philosopher Rumi. Exploring man's earthly nature, his rituals and the consequences of human actions, Vertical Road becomes a meditation on the journey from gravity to grace.
Interview with Salah El Brogy, Dance Artist, born in Ismailia, Egypt.
Vertical Road will be presented at Al Madina Theatre, Beirut on 26 and 27 April at 8.30 p.m.
…and in the region in:
***Syria on 19 and 20 April, 8.00 p.m. at Dar Al Assad for Culture and Arts
***As the UK Foreign Office is now advising against all but essential travel to Syria, we have regrettably decided to cancel the performances of Vertical Road that were due to take place in Damascus on 19 and 20 April.
The remaining legs of the tour in Lebanon (26-27 April) and the Palestinian Territories (5 May) are still scheduled to go ahead as planned.
The tour in Lebanon will include performances of Vertical Road, post show discussion between Akram Khan, the dancers and the audience, and talks inspired by the content and artistic process of the work as well as workshops in collaboration with theatre professionals and artists from the region.
The Vertical Road regional tour and associated activities are part of the British Council’s New Work New Audiences arts project which allows audiences in the region and the UK to experience the power of Arts in developing cultural understanding, trust and dialogue.
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