1. By Rain Francis. Dust is available to rent on Ballet on Demand. As he prepares to perform in Until the Lions for the last time, the dancer and choreographer Akram Kahn talks to Culture Whisper about his art and his worldview. Interview. The Independent on Dust “A sublime masterpiece that sears itself in the memory” Mail On Sunday on Dust. Somehow, each … This interview took place at the outset of ideaXme’s journey. English National Ballet. Yet the world of ballet has begun scouting for its choreographers in new and sometimes surprising places, and Khan … Mavin Khoo Rehearsal Director. By Teresa Guerreiro on 20/12/2018. Read more about the work. Khan is the best-known contemporary and Indian classical dancer in Britain today. Email. Khan was intrigued by the thought that the men dug into the … Share. Dust is a one-act contemporary ballet about World War I, choreographed by Akram Khan, music by Jocelyn Pook and created for the English National Ballet.It marked the first time Khan worked with a ballet company, and premiered on 2 April 2014 at the Barbican Centre, London. "In life and death we're continuously moving" - Akram Khan on the research, inspiration and many physical languages that informed his process in the creation of Dust. Sarah Crompton. Over the last twenty years, Akram Khan Company has established itself as one of the foremost innovative dance companies in the world. Tim Yip Visual and Costume Design. Akram Khan is one of the most celebrated and respected dance artists of today. Because it's the truth, its authentic. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian. 3 online classroom games to energize your class; March 30, 2021. Last but not least is Akram Khan’s Dust, his debut work as a ballet choreographer that gave him the confidence to create his full-length version of Giselle on English National Ballet in 2016. Watch & Read Creating Dust: interview with designer Kimie Nakano. None more so than James Streeter whose performance as the unknown warrior in Akram Khan’s Dust was sensational: fighting gravitational pull and the loss of muscular discipline by exercising intense muscle control. Melbourne International Arts Festival The CUB Malthouse, Merlyn Theatre October 2010. An Interview with Jocelyn Pook Composer Jocelyn Pook discusses her masterful composition for Dust . Tell us how you started working with Akram Khan? Its chorus of women are warriors of the home front, their choreography driven … I've written about Dust, Akram Khan's work for English National Ballet World War One programme, Lest We Forget, several times. First, the concept of a trench, of the young men and old men all going into trenches, and disappearing. Ruth Little Dramaturgy. Creating Dust: interview with designer Kimie Nakano. Tue … From 7pm tonight, Akram Khan’s ‘Dust’, a 2014 ballet commemorating the centenary of the First World War, will be available to stream on ENB’s Facebook and YouTube channels. Akram Khan takes the audience to the British home front during World War I. Here are the pictures of the incredible event, with no wellies in sight. Dust was created by choreographer Akram Khan in 2014, as part of Lest We Forget, our dance programme reflecting on World War I. https://www.safetydetectives.com/blog/interview-akram-khan-cyber-security-hive Dust Choreographed by Akram Khan Music: Jocelyn Pook. The war is taken to a more epic, mythological space in Akram Khan's Dust. His recognition reached a populist zenith when he composed a section of dance for the spectacular opening ceremony for the London Olympics in 2012 and he and his outfit, Akram Khan Company, continue to … We met with one of his collaborators, Kimie Nakano, who designed its costumes. The tabs part very slowly to reveal a blurrily lit shape behind a plastic cyclorama. Khan’s work focuses on the women who worked at an ammunition factory at the home front. In his choreographed pieces, Khan fuses this deeply traditional art form with the innovative flair of contemporary performance. By English National Ballet. Why listen? Blog. Gavin Sutherland Orchestration. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian. It followed our interview with Farooq Chaudhry, co-founder of Akram Khan Company and is one of the earliest interviews conducted. In her introduction in the programme English National Ballet’s Artistic Director, Tamara Rojo, writes ‘Lest We Forget is one of my proudest moments as Artistic Director so far. Share. Share. #triplebill #worldwidedance @oopperabaletti Khan made the work on himself and there can be no finer accolade than to acknowledge that Streeter is, at least, the creator’s equal. Akram Khan: 'You have to become a warrior' He's the darling of the dance world, and beyond, with artists such as Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley lining up to work with him . Judith Mackrell @judithmackrell. Akram Khan gratefully acknowledges Akram Khan Company staff team: Farooq Chaudhry, Jan Hart, Richard Fagan, Tina Fagan, Mashitah Omar, Clare Cody-Richardson, Céline Gaubert, Christine Maupetit, Amy Sharkey, Hannah Patel, Mai Tassinari, Nathan White, and all those who contributed to make the production successful. Akram Khan Interview. The other substantial part was inspired by the women. Akram Khan Direction and Choreography. Akram Khan is at the forefront of British contemporary dance, and a key contributor to the development of the genre. Akram Khan and Sylvie Guillem in Sacred Monsters (2008). Dust, by Akram Khan, also puts the women centre-stage. Akram Khan’s dance work Dust was born to commemorate the end of World War I. It’s a choreography full of pain and strength. 16 Aug 2018. What motivates him? Khan's dance roots are in kathak – and it shows. The choreographer performed in Peter Brook’s legendary stage production of The Mahabharata as a … Watching Akram Khan. Akram Khan in Dust, 2014. The piece begins with a … Akram and I were introduced by his co-producer Bia Oliveira, who I’d worked with many years previously with the performance artist Bobby Baker. Photograph: Tristram Kenton. Akram Khan is one of the most celebrated contemporary choreographers in the world. The impetus for the work was an interview with a soldier and a song found by composer Jocelyn Pook, recorded during the war. Vertical Road opens with the meditative sound of water droplets falling. Khan chose to symbolise the horror experienced by millions by having the dancers passionate, tortured and sad, but with eyes averted from the audience, staring instead fiercely at their hands, up at heaven, or down at the ground. Akram Khan, photo Max Barnett. THE THEMES . English National Ballet at Glastonbury 2014. Vincenzo Lamagna Composition and Sound Design, after the original score by Adolphe Adam. But, where Scarlett is a confirmed neoclassicist, Khan here makes more exotic demands of ENB’s dancers. It's an interview like no other Akram Khan has given, an insight into who he really is. 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