AKCT (Advanced Kathak & Contemporary Dance Training) is the charitable arm of the Akram Khan Company. It was created in March 2005 to provide training, research and development for artists who have had an association with the Company or who have expressed an interest to know more about its work.

This would be either through direct funding of self-initiated programmes of activity or through specially developed schemes by Akram Khan and his producer Farooq Chaudhry.

To date AKCT has funded and supported the following artists and activities:

Verve 12 (UK)
Re-staging of a section in company work Vertical Road for the postgraduate performance company of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance (2012)

Shane Shambu (UK)
Creation of his full length work (2010)

Aakash Odedra (UK) & Yuko Inoue (Japan)
Creation of a double bill at Sadler's Wells' Svapnagata Festival (2009)

Young Jin Kim (South Korea)
Creation of his own work (2009)
Dance training grant to attend Danceweb in Vienna (July 2006)

Eulalia Ayguade Farro (Spain)
Creation of her own piece (2009)
To undertake martial arts training with a Chinese kung fu master in Beijing (June 2006)

Seeta Patel (UK)
Attending danceWEB as a scholarship recipient (2008)

Juliette Binoche (France)
Contemporary Dance training In London and France (April & June 2006)

Shanell Winlock (UK)
Teaching at Moving East (March & May 2006)

Gregory Maqoma (South Africa)
Reworking of dance duet Beautiful Me (March 2006)

Anton Lachky (Slovakia)
Creation of dance duet Twice Read (June 2005)

The Bi-Lingual Dancer Programme (International)
Two week course devised by Akram Khan & Farooq Chaudhry to provide company dancers /musicians with guest dancers from China and Thailand an introduction to classical kathak. In addition participants explored through set tasks various processes to create and develop their own material (Course evaluations attached) (November 2005)

Akram Khan Company Archives/Library
All the company’s published materials will be digitally archived for easier private and public reference. This unique initiative is funded by Akram Khan Company’s international income and is managed by the Company.