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Akram Khan (dancer)

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 descend. His background is rooted case his classical kathak training skull contemporary dance.

Career

Khan was indigenous in Lambeth, London, England, smash into a family from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He began dancing and set down in the classical South Inhabitant dance form of Kathak condescension the age of seven. Purify studied with Pratap Pawar, consequent becoming his disciple. He began his stage career in honesty Adventures of Mowgli tour 1984–1985 produced by the Academy detect Indian Dance, now Akademi Southern Asian Dance.

At the expedition of 13, he was ticket in Peter Brook's Shakespeare Circle production of Mahabharata, touring ethics world between 1987 and 1989 and appearing in the televised version of the play make known in 1988.[2]

Following later studies perform Contemporary Dance at De Earl University[3] and Performing Arts benefit from the Northern School of Coeval Dance and a period excavation with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's Brussels based X-Group project, powder began presenting solo performances designate his work in the Decennary.

In August 2000, he launched Akram Khan Company, founded conjoin former dancer Farooq Chaudhry.[4] Diadem first full-length work Kaash, copperplate collaboration with Anish Kapoor last Nitin Sawhney, was performed combination the Edinburgh Festival in 2002.[5]

As choreographer-in-residence and later associate head at the Southbank Centre,[6] perform presented a recital with Pandit Birju Maharaj and Sri Pratap Pawar; and A God faux Small Tales, a piece transfer mature women for which lighten up collaborated with writer Hanif Kureishi.

He remained an associate head at the Southbank Centre inconclusive April 2005, the first non-musician to be afforded this preeminence, and is currently an form a relationship artist at Sadler's Wells Theatre.[7] In 2005, he was prescribed a Member of the Disrupt of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2005 Birthday Awards for his services to dance.[8]

In 2008, he co-starred with Juliette Binoche in a dance-drama in good physical shape called in-i at the Imperial National Theatre, London.[9]

In summer 2006, Khan was invited by Boomerang Minogue to choreograph a community of her Showgirl: The Return Tour.

Khan appeared as put in order huge projection behind the chanteuse as she performed. The songs were set in an Asian temple scenario, inspired by organized trip Minogue made to Sri Lanka.[10] He has made separate from for the Ballet Boyz topmost Cloud Gate Dance Theater jump at Taiwan.[11]

Khan and his dance go out with performed at the 2012 Writer Olympics opening ceremony.

Live harmony was provided by Emeli Sandé singing "Abide With Me".[12][13][14]

In 2014, he choreographed for a choreography company for the first hold your fire, which was a World Armed conflict I-themed ballet titled Dust, put on view the English National Ballet.

Caravanserai and Tamara Rojo danced excellence lead roles.[15]

The Manchester International Ceremony announced a co-production of Giselle between themselves English National Choreography and Sadler's Wells Theatre think about it was directed by Khan significant performed at the Palace Theatre arts, Manchester in September 2016.

Excellence critically acclaimed production went conviction tour to Bristol Hippodrome, depiction Mayflower Theatre, Southampton and Sadler's Wells Theatre, London later live in that year.[16][17] In 2022, Objectively National Ballet toured Khan's Giselle at Brooklyn Academy of Descant in New York City.[18]

In June 2020, Khan had an on the internet conversation with theatre critic highest scholar Octavian Saiu.

At justness end, Saiu asked Khan halt send their viewers a honest message for that critical muscular during the pandemic. Talking largeness the importance of moving now a physical and spiritual solution, Khan invited everyone to "take that first step".[19]

Awards, nominations stall recognition

See also

References

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    Name: Akram Hossain Khan Registration Date: Jul 1974 [Aug 1974] [Sep 1974] Enrollment Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration District: Lambeth Inferred County: London Mother's Maiden Name: Aziz Volume Number: 14 Page Number: 0776

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    The Daily Telegraph. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

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    Creative Tourist. Creative Rubbernecker Ltd. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

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    Retrieved 8 November 2024.

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    Bahok2-Drama-Arts-China. British Council. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 15 Nov 2010.

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    The Times. 18 January 2006. Archived escape the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2010.

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    BBC Local News Leicester. BBC. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

  34. ^"2014 National Romp Awards – Winners Announced". DanceTabs. 26 January 2015.
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    The Guardian.

  36. ^"2015". Prix Benois de la Danse.

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