Akram Khan

Overview

Known for
Acting
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Birthday
Jul 29, 1974 (50 years old)

Akram Khan

Known For

Extreme Combat: The Dancer and the Fighter
0h 46m
Movie 2020

Extreme Combat: The Dancer and the Fighter

Plunged into a realm of ultra-masculinity, Akram faced his fascination with aversion and physicality of violence by spending time with three British professional mixed martial artists in the weeks leading up to career defining fights. Digging into what extent violence is intrinsic in human nature and in himself, he drew on this to create a dance piece to accompany one of the fighters on his walk out to the ring.

Move
0h 45m
TV Show 2020

Move

Discover the brilliant dancers and choreographers who are shaping the art of movement around the world in this documentary series.

The Curry House Kid
0h 47m
Movie 2019

The Curry House Kid

Choreographer Akram Khan returns to the curry houses of his youth and creates a poetic dance piece that tells a story of the immigrant experience as a Bangladeshi in Britain.

Can We Live with Robots?
0h 47m
Movie 2017

Can We Live with Robots?

As robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) become increasingly prevalent, questions arise around their impact on human relationships. Travelling the world from the UK to Japan and the USA, Akram Khan meets with scientists and their creations of AI that already coexist with humans. In doing so, he confronts his own scepticism of how we can form emotional connections with machines. This film gives rise to an exhilarating duet performed by Khan and Ching-Ying Chien.

One Night In 2012
1h 40m
Movie 2016

One Night In 2012

Co-produced by Rogan Productions and BBC Studios. London. The Summer of 2012. As rehearsals take place in a rainy Dagenham car park, Director Danny Boyle reveals a glimpse of his Opening Ceremony to the press. Some denounce it as the “Tellytubby Olympics” - others fear that it can never compete with the spectacle of Beijing. Everything pointed to an embarrassing failure. So how did one night in 2012 become 'The Greatest Show on Earth'? This is the story of a unique night when the Brits began to believe in themselves again. A night which showed the country what it could achieve when extraordinary people pulled together. A night which went beyond everyone’s expectations. For the first time since that night, Danny Boyle and the creative team behind the ceremony reunite in the company of Alan Yentob to explain the thinking that went into creating one of the country’s finer moments.

Dance Rebels: A Story of Modern Dance
1h 30m
Movie 2015

Dance Rebels: A Story of Modern Dance

The mavericks whose radical ideas created modern dance in the 20th century.

The Mahabharata
2h 53m
Movie 1990

The Mahabharata

One of the great masterpieces of world literature comes to vivid life in an elaborate production from acclaimed theater and film innovator Peter Brook. This collection of ancient Sanskrit stories (composed into the longest book ever written) comprises a series of enlightened fables at the heart of countless beliefs, legends, and teachings; indeed, its very title means "the great story of mankind." Brook and writer Jean-Claude Carriere worked for eight years to develop this epic concerning two sides of a royal family, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, whose struggle leads to a fascinating voyage of emotions, passion and vision of glory. Briefly, the Mahabharata is a tale of two rival sets of brothers, cousins to eachother, each born into royalty and with divinely guided paths in life. The result, however, is a great war, death, destruction - a vast epic.

Biography

Akram Khan is an English dancer and choreographer.

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