Akram Hossain Khan, MBE (Bengali: আকরাম হুসেইন খান) (born 29 July 1974) is an English dancer and choreographer of Bangladeshi descent. His background is rooted in his classical kathak training and contemporary dance.
A magical mix of dance, text, visuals and sound. Akram Khan Company’s CHOTTO DESH is a hit with audiences and critics alike. Fusing dance, storytelling, interactive animation and specially composed music, Chotto Desh is a bewitching dance-theatre tale of a…
Akram Khan and Tamara Rojo teamed up to perform Dust as part of English National Ballet‘s production Lest We Forget, which commemorates the centenary of the First World War. Akram Khan‘s work Dust is about the empowerment of women in…
Chotto Xenos is inspired by Akram Khan‘s solo show XENOS, and created by Sue Buckmaster who directed Chotto Desh, both of which drew huge acclaim at the Edinburgh International Festival. Chotto Xenos visits the untold stories of colonial soldiers during…
Zero degrees started as a desire of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui to dance a duet with British-Bengali choreographer and dancer Akram Khan. Both are sons of Islamic families brought up in Europe, and both draw upon this meeting of cultures, combining…
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 In this partial adaptation of poet…
In this acclaimed version by Akram Khan, the greatest Romantic ballet and its story of love, betrayal and redemption are reimagined. As the curtain rises, dancers in shadow push against a large wall. From that moment on, Akram Khan‘s Giselle…
Sacred Monsters. Monstres Sacres. The term was used for the first time in France in the 19th century as a nickname for the big stars of the theatre, such as Sarah Bernhardt. It marks the birth of contemporary stardom in…
Birmingham Royal Ballet and the swagger of Oona Doherty also feature in Part Two. Dancing Nation continues with a celebration of outstanding dance talent curated and hosted by Sadler’s Wells, London – bringing arts and performance to audiences at home…
Five duets, four dialogues between two dancers on stage – between the dancers and the audience. For its second edition, Dialogues promises a dreamy evening of Pas de deux by four choreographers who define both the present and the future…
