Akram Khan MBE is doubtless one of the vital modern and essential choreographers of our time. He has created among the most profound and transferring works over the past 20 years of Akram Khan Company, an organization he based with Farooq Chaudry.
In this podcast, Akram talks about his expertise of lockdown that led to emotions of despair, brought on by the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. He provides us an perception into how he started creating once more and collaborating on their twentieth celebration programme The Silent Burn Project.
Akram seems to be again over his dance profession; from his dance coaching in Kathak South Asian classical dance and modern dance, to the influences and inspirations that led to him choreographing works that inform tales which critically handle topics starting from energy, oppression and racism.
Listen to Akram discuss his method to creating new works, his technique of working together with his visible, musical and design collaborators and dancers when he goes within the studio.
In this intimate dialogue, Akram displays on his profession highlights, on working with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Antony Gormley, prima ballerina Sylvie Guillem CBE, creating Giselle with English National Ballet, and his hotly anticipated premiere of ENB’s Creature which has been delayed resulting from coronavirus. We additionally discuss his creations; Dust, Until the Lions, Xenos, DESH and extra.
As we delve into Akram Khan Company, Akram provides a glimpse of what to anticipate from The Silent Burn Project, which options world well-known prima ballerina Misty Copeland, plus dance quick movies, debates and extra thrilling content material to rejoice the final twenty years of this astounding firm.
The Silent Burn Project premieres worldwide for FREE through livestream on the corporate’s web site, YouTube channel and Facebook Live on 4 October 2020 at noon UK time.
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