Akram Khan Company @ YBCA

Akram Khan Company • bahok • Feb 18 - 20, 2010 • Novellus Theater at YBCA—The movement style [Akram Khan] is forging is distinctive: fast and acrobatic His company, whatever their backgrounds, perform it superbly. The result is a thoughtful, probing piece a fine advertisement for contemporary dance—and for the expansive qualities of multicultural.— The Telegraph, UK

Named after a Bengali word meaning carrier, bahok explores the ways in which the body carries national identity and a sense of belonging. Eight dancers from diverse cultures, traditions and dance backgrounds—Chinese, Korean, Indian, Slovakian, South African and Spanish—act out their attempts to communicate through dramatic dance and spoken vocabulary as they wait out their airport limbo, their destination unknown. Khan joins forces with long-time musical collaborator Nitin Sawhney, renowned for his multi award-winning compositions, who has created an original score for bahok. Originally a collaboration between the Akram Khan Company and the National Ballet of China, bahok is dance and storytelling inspired by the exploration of cultural identity in a globalised world.
More: http://www.ybca.org/tickets/production/view.aspx?id=9111

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[mskokoroli]

nice!