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Akram Khan

Click to read   iTMOi, May 28, andDesh, June 11, 2013 Sadler’s Wells, London   At right: A scene from iTMOi. Photo by JLouis Fernandez, Courtesy Akram Khan     Akram Khan has a talent for revealing the unseen, even the undefinable. Made for the centennial celebrations of The Rite of Spring’s premiere, his latest […]

Why Akram Khan Is Major

Akram Khan is such a magnetic performer that you worry when he’s not in one of his own pieces. He’s a favorite in the U.K. because of his sharp attack, brilliant kathak-postmodern hybrid (he doesn’t call it fusion, he calls it “confusion”), and very human presence onstage. But the two times that he has made […]

Akram Khan: "DESH"

Curve Theatre Leicester, England September 17, 2011 Reviewed by Donald Hutera Akram Khan’s previous solo performances have showcased his brilliance as a practitioner of kathak, the fleet-footed Indian classical dance style in which he trained from boyhood. While kathak still features prominently in his new work DESH, here it’s at the service of a much […]

My Talk With Akram Khan and Juliette Binoche

After witnessing these two artists practically break themselves open to find new ground, I had the privilege of interviewing them in a BAM Artist Talk last night. They had just exhausted themselves performing In-I, the uncategorizable duet they’ve been touring. She’s a terrific mover; her presence onstage is every bit as physical, changeable, glamorous, and […]

Juliette Binoche and Akram Khan

In-I, by Juliette Binoche and Akram Khan Next Wave Festival Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn, NY September 15–26, 2009 Reviewed by Wendy Perron The French actress Juliette Binoche is a force of nature onstage. Her presence is every bit as physical, changeable, glamorous, and gorgeously unpredictable as it is in the movies. In this dance-theater […]

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 […]

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 […]

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas and the Akram Khan Company

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas and the Akram Khan Company 2006 Next Wave Festival BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, NY October 3, 5-7, 2006 Reviewed by Lisa Rinehart Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Tale Dolven in De Keersmaeker’s Fase, four movements to the music of Steve Reich Photo by Stephanie Berger, courtesy BAM   In […]