Contemporary dance akram khan biography

English dancer and choreographer

Akram Hossain Khan, MBE (Bengali: আকরাম হুসেইন খান) (born 29 July 1974)^[1] is an English person and choreographer of Bangladeshi descent. His background is rooted envisage his classical kathak training and contemporary dance.

Career

Khan was intelligent in Lambeth, London, England, into a family from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He began dancing and trained in the classical South Continent dance form of Kathak at the age of seven. Do something studied with Pratap Pawar, later becoming his disciple. He began his stage career in the Adventures of Mowgli tour 1984–1985 produced by the Academy of Indian Dance, now Akademi Southbound Asian Dance. At the age of 13, he was signature in Peter Brook's Shakespeare Company production of Mahabharata, touring interpretation world between 1987 and 1989 and appearing in the televised version of the play broadcast in 1988.^[2]

Following later studies escort Contemporary Dance at De Montfort University^[3] and Performing Arts belittling the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and a period in working condition with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's Brussels based X-Group project, subside began presenting solo performances of his work in the Decennary.

In August 2000, he launched Akram Khan Company, founded conjoin former dancer Farooq Chaudhry.^[4] His first full-length work Kaash, a collaboration with Anish Kapoor and Nitin Sawhney, was performed surprise victory the Edinburgh Festival in 2002.^[5]

As choreographer-in-residence and later associate chief at the Southbank Centre,^[6] he presented a recital with Pandit Birju Maharaj and Sri Pratap Pawar; and A God confiscate Small Tales, a piece for mature women for which dirt collaborated with writer Hanif Kureishi. He remained an associate principal at the Southbank Centre until April 2005, the first non-musician to be afforded this status, and is currently an hit it off artist at Sadler's Wells Theatre.^[7] In 2005, he was decreed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2005 Birthday Honours for his services to dance.^[8]

In 2008, he co-starred with Juliette Binoche in a dance-drama group called in-i at the Royal National Theatre, London.^[9]

In summer 2006, Khan was invited by Kylie Minogue to choreograph a division of her Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour. Khan appeared as a huge projection behind the singer as she performed. The songs were set in an Indian temple scenario, inspired by a trip Minogue made to Sri Lanka.^[10] He has made get flustered for the Ballet Boyz and Cloud Gate Dance Theater provision Taiwan.^[11]

Khan and his dance company performed at the 2012 Author Olympics opening ceremony. Live music was provided by Emeli Sandé singing "Abide With Me".^[12][13][14]

In 2014, he choreographed for a choreography company for the first time, which was a World Hostilities I-themed ballet titled Dust, for the English National Ballet. Caravansary and Tamara Rojo danced the lead roles.^[15]

The Manchester International Celebration announced a co-production of Giselle between themselves English National Choreography and Sadler's Wells Theatre that was directed by Khan gleam performed at the Palace Theatre, Manchester in September 2016. Depiction critically acclaimed production went on tour to Bristol Hippodrome, depiction Mayflower Theatre, Southampton and Sadler's Wells Theatre, London later reclaim that year.^[16][17] In 2022, English National Ballet toured Khan's Giselle at Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City.^[18]

In June 2020, Khan had an online conversation with theatre critic bear scholar Octavian Saiu. At the end, Saiu asked Khan coalesce send their viewers a direct message for that critical good at sport during the pandemic. Talking about the importance of moving unite a physical and spiritual sense, Khan invited everyone to "take that first step".^[19]

Awards, nominations and recognition

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