Vertical Road, Akram Khan Company, 3 min excerpt

Vertical Road is Akram Khan's latest contemporary ensemble work. Khan has assembled a cast of very special performers from across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. With a specially commissioned score by long-term collaborator composer, Nitin Sawhney, Vertical Road draws inspiration from the Sufi tradition and the Persian poet and philosopher Rumi. Exploring man's earthly nature, his rituals and the consequences of human actions, Vertical Road becomes a meditation on the journey from gravity to grace.

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[angelzipp]

I was transformed. I left the theater with a warm, pulsating soul. What a splendor! A dance able to speak, to create emotions. Free of rules (classical ballet is just beautiful, esthetically - it can't burst in flames and feelings like that) the movements, the bodies and the lights of this show are ripping off any kind of ice from a soul. Purity of movements, like dervishes spins, I felt I was fighting demons and making love same time. Thank you!

[angelzipp]

I didn't know a thing about Akram Khan and about the show. I really don't know why I bought the tickets, first hand. So I entered the theater in a "cold" state of mind. I don't want to talk about it. Anyway... it's more to feel than to talk, here. The idea is...

[Ricardo Rangel]

Arte é tudo que permanece

[juha alhakim]

Amazing

[Gwen Hinkle]

I don't particular like this style of dance but I can definitely appreciate it.

[George EMMANOULOPOULOS]

Super great work great performers fine music

[raitonis]

I need that music! Just came home from their performance in Tunisia. Not bad at all.

[tigerseye191]

Vertical Road is just incredible

[RobinEnPodcast]

je les ai vu a Clermont-Ferrand ferrant et j'ai tout de suite accroché :D

[Sarahfencing]

Ils étaient à Clermont-Ferrand hier, et je ne peux qu'approuver @CieMicantis . Puissance et maitrise étaient les maitres mots . J'étais plus que subjuguée . Une performance impressionnante , des danseurs et une chorégraphie exceptionnelles : un spectacle qui nous transporte, tout bonnement .

[Cie MICANTIS Dom KL Saint Pierre]

Ouahhhhhhhh ! Ce soir ils étaient à Grenoble (France). L'enivrement à l'état pur de découvrir les prodigieux danseurs interprètes dé-chainés et comme possédés, la chorégraphie est époustouflante, le spectacle renversant... sensationnel !! Une standing ovation qui aurait pu durer encore, et encore, MERCI ;-))

[rkmsca]

Aren't you jalous ?