World-renowned Akram Khan’s choreography, seen most widely during the opening ceremonies of the London Olympics, comes to Yale on Tuesday, April 30 when Yale Dance Theater (YDT) and members of Khan’s ...
Akram Khan Company. Where: New York City Center, 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues, New York. When: 8 p.m. Wednesday and April 26 ("bahok"); 8 p.m. April 25 and 7 p.m. April 27 ("zero ...
Based on Rudyard Kipling’s original children’s fable, Khan sets this Jungle Book in a city and a world suffering the consequences of climate change. For adults and children alike (ages 8+), this ...
Thanks to a $50 million grant, a new festival has been born. Kyle Abraham helps to curate the first edition, which is part of the center’s Summer of Dance. By Brian Seibert In Akram Khan’s new ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The choreographer Akram Khan’s “Gigenis,” based loosely on a character in the Mahabharata, represents a kind of homecoming for him. By Marina Harss ...
Centuries before the state of California thought to offer a non-binary gender option on official identity documents, kathak dancers embraced the creative possibilities of gender fluidity. The North ...
A dancer, in Indian classical Kathak style, appears on the stage and enters into a corporeal conversation with the seated vocalist and percussionist. He wears a clean white cotton kurta, metallic ...
Britain's best-known choreographer Akram Khan has drawn on his roots for the final solo dance performance of his career, with a show that pays tribute to Indian soldiers who fought in World War I.
LONDON (Reuters) - One of Britain's most celebrated dancer-choreographers, Akram Khan, is tackling the rise of xenophobia in his latest work, which he says will be his last as a leading performer. The ...
While it was good to see again Rachid Ouramdane’s moving duet from a decade ago, Akram Khan’s new piece was unconvincing. By Brian Seibert Thanks to a $50 million grant, a new festival has been born.