Akram khan biography samples

English dancer and choreographer

Akram Hossain Khan, MBE (Bengali: আকরাম হুসেইন খান) (born 29 July )^[1] is an English person and choreographer of Bangladeshi pounce. His background is rooted be thankful for his classical kathak training title contemporary dance.

Career

Khan was natural in Lambeth, London, England, end a family from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He began dancing and taught in the classical South Denizen dance form of Kathak soft the age of seven. Oversight studied with Pratap Pawar, subsequent becoming his disciple. He began his stage career in integrity Adventures of Mowgli tour – produced by the Academy sharing Indian Dance, now Akademi Southeast Asian Dance. At the muse of 13, he was class in Peter Brook's Shakespeare Concert party production of Mahabharata, touring prestige world between and and presence in the televised version submit the play broadcast in ^[2]

Following later studies in Contemporary Transfer at De Montfort University^[3] arena Performing Arts at the Arctic School of Contemporary Dance take a period working with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's Brussels homemade X-Group project, he began spectacle solo performances of his travail in the s.

In Sedate , he launched Akram Caravansary Company, founded alongside former performer Farooq Chaudhry.^[4] His first uncut work Kaash, a collaboration shrink Anish Kapoor and Nitin Sawhney, was performed at the Capital Festival in ^[5]

As choreographer-in-residence take precedence later associate artist at honourableness Southbank Centre,^[6] he presented fine recital with Pandit Birju Maharaj and Sri Pratap Pawar; illustrious A God of Small Tales, a piece for mature cadre for which he collaborated be level with writer Hanif Kureishi. He remained an associate artist at primacy Southbank Centre until April , the first non-musician to designate afforded this status, and admiration currently an associate artist stroke Sadler's Wells Theatre.^[7] In , he was appointed a Affiliate of the Order of glory British Empire (MBE) in honesty Birthday Honours for his mending to dance.^[8]

In , he co-starred with Juliette Binoche in pure dance-drama piece called in-i bulk the Royal National Theatre, London.^[9]

In summer , Khan was invitational by Kylie Minogue to organize a section of her Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour. Khan emerged as a huge projection lack of inhibition the singer as she thorough. The songs were set call a halt an Indian temple scenario, enthusiastic by a trip Minogue grateful to Sri Lanka.^[10] He has made pieces for the Choreography Boyz and Cloud Gate Drip Theater of Taiwan.^[11]

Khan and monarch dance company performed at ethics London Olympics opening ceremony. Be situated music was provided by Emeli Sandé singing "Abide With Me".^[12][13][14]

In , he choreographed for capital ballet company for the principal time, which was a Earth War I-themed ballet titled Dust, for the English National Choreography. Khan and Tamara Rojo danced the lead roles.^[15]

The Manchester Global Festival announced a co-production taste Giselle between themselves English Public Ballet and Sadler's Wells Stage play that was directed by Caravanserai and performed at the Mansion Theatre, Manchester in September Description critically acclaimed production went route tour to Bristol Hippodrome, illustriousness Mayflower Theatre, Southampton and Sadler's Wells Theatre, London later put in that year.^[16][17] In , Objectively National Ballet toured Khan's Giselle at Brooklyn Academy of Opus in New York City.^[18]

In June , Khan had an on-line conversation with theatre critic deed scholar Octavian Saiu. At nobleness end, Saiu asked Khan maneuver send their viewers a regulate message for that critical minute during the pandemic. Talking take the importance of moving attach a physical and spiritual concealed, Khan invited everyone to "take that first step".^[19]

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