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East and West Meet in the Body of Akram Khan

One of the most intriguing dance artists on the international scene today, Akram Khan is known for his fusion of the classical Indian form of Kathak with contemporary dance. As a performer, Khan is a riveting mixture of power, speed, and intricacy. As a choreographer, he stages stark visual landscapes populated by witty or mysterious […]

The Montreal Dance Scene

Head north and cross the border to Montréal and you’ll find a place of unbridled creativity. Ardent travelers know that this bilingual city resonates with both the style and charm of Europe and the bright-lights allure of a North American hub. Long dance traditions in New York, Paris, London, and Berlin might eclipse Montréal in […]

Excited. Touched. Stimulated. Taken aback. Revved up. Honored.

I felt all these things watching Akram Khan’s Bahok at City Center tonight. The last feeling, honored, is because I got to moderate a Talkback with him afterwards onstage. Bahok is a collaboration between the Akram Khan Company, already an international group, and dancers from the National Ballet of China. It works a certain charm, […]

Akram Khan Company

Akram Khan Company City Center, NYC April 23–27, 2008 Reviewed by Eva Yaa Asantewaa About the only thing that might spoil watching Akram Khan and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui dance zero degrees is sitting behind a very tall man. To have that offering of glorious, unified space, light, and imagery intruded upon feels painful. Yet the […]

Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève

Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève The Joyce Theater, NYC Oct 23–28, 2007 Reviewed by Susan Yung Since its modern iteration began in 1962 (the Grand Théâtre was founded in 1876), this company has been guided by Balanchine, Alfonso Cata, and Patricia Neary. But in its New York debut, it presented not classical repertoire, but […]

This New Hip-Hop Dance-Theater Show Will Be Set to Tracks by Sting

By now, these formulas aren’t anything new: Choreographers are increasingly recruiting pop stars to create scores. And Broadway producers have long followed the time-honored (not to mention moneymaking) tradition of building shows from an artist’s hit catalog (see: the currently running Cher Show and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, and the Broadway-bound Jagged Little Pill […]