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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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XENOS

World Premiere: 21 February 2018, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens

‘Whose war? Whose fire? Whose hand is this?’ Xenos by Jordan Tannahill Akram’s most anticipated solo, XENOS, marks his final performances as a dancer in a full-lengt...

Carnival of Shadows

As the Company turned 21, we marked the beginning of our third decade of storytelling. From 23 November – 4 December 2021 we presented Carnival of Shadows at Sadler’s Wells, a production curated as part of the programme reflected where, after two decades of learning and collaborating, we had arrived.

“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 ...

Portraits in Otherness

Curated by Akram Khan and Company producer Farooq Chaudhry, Portraits in Otherness initiated a new chapter in Akram Khan Company’s history as it transferred the intangible value of its legacy to a new generation of dance artists.

“Dancing still remains the most significant reasons why I still want to connect with the Other, why I want to listen to the Other, why I want to learn from the Other. And ...

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...

Until the Lions

“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 ...

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

- Akram Khan

"A coming together of people of all generations, cultures and varied or no dance experience... We are humbled by the response and celebrate the sense of unity that this process has provided us during these challenging times."

- Mavin Khoo

Our Animal Kingdom

We are so proud to present the Our Animal Kingdom film. It is the culmination of self exploration during a long stretch of confinement. Our video artist Maxime Dos has woven all...

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