Akram Khan Dance!

BanCricFan · #1 December 21, 2008, 06:33 AM

No, this isn't the famous Khan of Chittagong

...He is an Englishman of Bangladeshi descent. I first saw Akram Khan at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2003. He performed his "Maa" production to a rapturous audience and left everyone gasping. If I say, I was absolutely blown away by the amazing mix- and I don't use the term loosely- of energetic movements, choreography and music it won't be an exaggeration to the slightest! I knew a star was born...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th3H2h9uukY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXGNP...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOiGl-JyTVw

Enjoy!

Puck · #2 December 21, 2008, 12:34 PM

khan is a brilliant exponent of the kathak dance. a brilliant performer. have seen him at sadlers wells numerous times and his project with the french actress juliette binoche was breathtaking. there was a documentary about him and this impending production a few months ago on the bbc. he once commented that he would give up dance if his mother died. i wish her a very long life!

bujhee kom · #3 December 21, 2008, 02:20 PM

wow! thanks bcf bhayia, i never knew of him before! he is a genious and those videos are just great!

Sovik · #4 December 21, 2008, 03:28 PM

i thought our ex captain Akram Khan

Zeeshan · #5 December 21, 2008, 03:54 PM

i will add him to my genius list...

Comapred to him Mumzy Stranger is...

Alien · #6 December 21, 2008, 09:37 PM

I saw him in BBC once. Long time ago there was a documentary on him.

Puck · #7 December 22, 2008, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Alien
I saw him in BBC once. Long time ago there was a documentary on him.

there has been several documentaries about him. the most recent being in september when he was interviewed by alan yentob. this was just before the binoche show started.

BanCricFan · #8 December 26, 2008, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by bujhee kom
wow! thanks bcf bhayia, i never knew of him before! he is a genious and those videos are just great!

A very hearty welcome, bujhee besh bhai (BBB)!

I appreciate that you appreciate Akram Khan's genius. He is certainly one of a kind- a pioneer! The brilliance lies in his artistic fusing of tradition with modernity...effortless inter-mingling of cultures, religions and languages. Not to mention his complete mastery over Kathak and contemporary dance.

Akram, indeed, is a master architect and a bridge builder of the highest order.