This is The Renovātiō Series, our digital programme as part of our Carnival of Shadows season.
Taking its roots and meaning from latin: rebirth / renewal, The Renovātiō Series allows us all to listen to the stories of many different people, and be true to each individual journey.
Front Page Feature: Production
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.
Trespassing Humanity
“Confronted with a tragic second wave of the pandemic, the current challenges that India is facing are critical. Whilst media coverage focuses on urban cities, the outbreak that is now spreading through villages and marginalised communities means that numbers are undocumented.
Jungle Book reimagined
World Premiere: 7 April 2022, Curve, Leicester
The Silent Burn Project
This programme is dedicated to everyone who had walked with us on our unpredictable 20-year adventure. It’s for all the company members and artists from start to present, and for those who feel silenced and who are yet to find their voice.
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,
Father: Vision of the Floating World
Both of Akram’s parents were born and raised in Bangladesh. He grew up hearing stories of the Bangladesh Liberation War from his family, including his…
Our Animal Kingdom
The Animal Kingdom Project is an initiation between Numeridanse and Akram Khan Company. Inspired from the Company’s production Outwitting the Devil that centres the human connection to the natural world, this project was an opportunity for participants to evoke the wild things that we believe, live in all of us.
Darbar Festival 2019
From 2017-2019, Akram and Mavin Khoo have co-curated a dance programme for Indian classical music festival, Darbar.
For the 2019 creation, they both wanted to centre programming artists and events that would give audiences the opportunity to
Chotto Xenos
World Premiere: 21 February 2020, DanceEast, Ipswich
Outwitting the Devil
World Premiere: 13 July 2019, COLOURS International Dance Festival, Stuttgart
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.
KADAMATI
Created in collaboration with 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary, Edinburgh International Festival, Théâtre du Châtelet and Théâtre de la Ville, K
XENOS
World Premiere: 21 February 2018, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens
Big Dance
This was a unique opportunity for anyone, anywhere across the world, to learn a dance choreographed by Akram, along with specially composed music by Nitin Sawhney.
This moment marked Akram choreographing the 10th and final edition of Big Dance.