Jungle Book reimagined

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Chotto Desh

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Over the last 23 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.

Memories of the Future

We are proud to announce our collaboration with the wonderful Dance United Yorkshire on a truly unique project called Memories of the Future.

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Vertical Road

World Premiere: 16 September 2010, Curve, Leicester

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,

Vertical Road (Reimagined) – Boston Ballet

Vertical Road (Reimagined) as part of Boston Ballet’s Fall Experience 2023 – the first American company to perform the piece.

Outwitting the Devil

“I have awakened to a new way of dancing. And that is to dance my ideas through the bodies of others, including older dancers, who carry their histories and complex emotio...

Vertical Road

In Vertical Road, Akram assembled a cast of very special performers from across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. With a specially commissioned score by long-term collaborator c...

"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...

"After twenty years of unearthing, discovering, and retelling through new lenses, this is a moment for me to reflect and to look back at the footsteps that we at AKC have taken collectively."

- Akram Khan

The Silent Burn Project

Welcome to the The Silent Burn Project. This programme is dedicated to everyone who has walked with us on this unpredictable 20-year adventure. It’s for all the company members...

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For enquiries related to Akram’s independent commissions, please contact natalie@akramkhanproductions.com.

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