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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Breathless Puppets

Breathless Puppets is an intimate short film co-created by Akram and Naaman Azhari. The story we witness is captured by delicate rotoscope animation and is part of a series of films produced as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Postcards from Now.

Breathless Puppets is an intimate short film co-created by Akram and Naaman Azhari. The story is captured by delicate rotoscope animation and is part of a series of films produc...

Svapnagata Festival

Spvapnagata, or ‘dreaming’ in Sanskrit, was a unique collaboration between multi award-winning artists Nitin Sawhney and Akram Khan to curate a two week Indian music and Dance Festival at Sadlers Wells. The initial idea for the Svapanagata festival came out of a conversation between Nitin,

Spvapnagata, or ‘dreaming’ in Sanskrit, was a unique collaboration between multi award-winning artists Nitin Sawhney and Akram Khan to curate a two week Indian music...

Akram Khan’s Giselle

The iconic ballet, reimagined.
In this acclaimed version by Akram Khan, the greatest Romantic ballet and its story of love, betrayal and redemption are reimagined.

The iconic ballet, reimagined. In this acclaimed version by Akram, the greatest Romantic ballet and its story of love, betrayal and redemption are reimagined. The score is adapt...

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...

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...

"As in many myths, the female characters are often the unsung heroes, the figures of strength and imagination and endurance. It is their unsung stories in particular that still haunt me today."

- Akram Khan

Until the Lions

World Première: 12 January 2016, Roundhouse, London Last performance: 28 July 2019, Zoumbouleio Megaro, Kalamata   "As in many myths, the female characters are often...

"I want to dive into the myths of today, and children stories of tomorrow."

- Akram Khan

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