Director / Choreographer Akram Khan
Visual Director / Costume and Scenography Manal AlDowayan
Narrative Concept Manal AlDowayan & Akram Khan
Creative Associate / Coach Mavin Khoo
Composer & Soundscape Designer Aditya Prakash
Sound Designer Gareth Fry
Lighting Designer Zeynep Kepekli
Associate Lighting Designer Imogen Clarke
Dramaturge Blue Pieta
Rehearsal Directors Charlotte Pook, Angela Towler, Chris Tudor
Performed by 10-13 dancers
Pallavi Anand, Ching-Ying Chien, Kavya Ganesh, Samantha Hines, Jyotsna Jagannathan, Mythili Prakash, Azusa Seyama Prioville, Divya Ravi, Joy Alpuerto Ritter, Elpida Skourou, Mei Fei Soo, Jin Young Won, Kimberly Yap
Musicians (in recorded composition)
Aditya Prakash, Ananya Ashok, Loulwa Al Sharif, Melanie Pappenheim, Sohini Alam, Zafer Tawil, Sumesh Narayanan, Layth Sidiq, Megan Shung, Jay Julio, Naseem Alatrash, Guhan Venkataraman, Doyeon Kim, Dimitris Menexopoulos, Isaac Alderson, Sushma Soma, Praveen Sparsh, V. Prakash Ilayaraja, N Deepan, N Vijay, M Rajendran, Chris Votek
Featured music in score
“The Elephant’s Funeral” by Sushma Soma with Aditya Prakash
“Gyura Beli Belo Platno” by London Bulgarian Choir
Directed by Dessislava Stefanova
Site-Specific Community Engagement Programme Director Christine Maupetit
Site-Specific Community Movement Directors Jumana Al Refai and Bilal Allaf
Producing Director Farooq Chaudhry
Executive Director Isabel Tamen
Head of Touring & Production Mashitah Omar
Production Manager Michael Cunningham
Production of Visual Direction Carla Giachello
Company Manager Emma Cameron or Mashitah Omar
Touring Production Manager Anthony Forrester
Technical Stage Manager Harry Abbott
Sound Engineer Enrico Aurigemma
Lighting Supervisor Stephane Dejours
Wardrobe Supervisor Anne Marie Bigby
Costume Maker Peggy Housset
Set Builder Tin Shed Scenery
Original dancers Nikita Goile, Aishwarya Raut, Shreema Upadhyaya, Hsin-Hsuan Yu
Commissioned by Wadi AlFann, Valley of the Arts, AlUla
Primary Co-producing Partner Bagri Foundation
Indoor adaptation co-produced by Berliner Festspiele, Brown Arts Institute at Brown University, Montpellier Danse Festival, Pina Bausch Zentrum, Sadler’s Wells, Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Théâtre de la Ville Paris
Supported by Arts Council England
Special thanks to Light Contrast, Mrs Khan, Yuko, Sayuri, Kenzo and Ayana Khan
