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  Artistic Director, Choreographer & Performer Akram Khan

  

  Artistic Director, Choreographer & Performer Akram Khan

  Akram Khan is one of the most celebrated and respected dance artists today. In the last 23 years he has created a body of work that has contributed significantly to the arts in the UK and abroad. His reputation has been built on the success of imaginative, highly accessible and relevant productions such as Jungle Book reimagined, Outwitting the Devil, XENOS, Until the Lions, Kaash, iTMOi (in the mind of igor), DESH, Vertical Road, Gnosis and zero degrees.

  As an instinctive and natural collaborator, Khan’s choreography is the embodiment of shared exploration across multiple disciplines and cultures. His previous collaborators include the National Ballet of China, actress Juliette Binoche, ballerina Sylvie Guillem, choreographers/dancers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Israel Galván, singer Kylie Minogue and indie rock band Florence and the Machine, visual artists Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Tim Yip, writer Hanif Kureishi and composers Steve Reich, Nitin Sawhney, Jocelyn Pook and Ben Frost. 

  Khan’s work is recognised as being profoundly moving, in which his intelligently crafted storytelling is effortlessly intimate and epic. Described by the Financial Times as an artist “who speaks tremendously of tremendous things”, a highlight of his career was the creation of a section of the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony that was received with unanimous acclaim.

  As a choreographer, Khan has developed a close collaboration with English National Ballet (ENB). He created the short piece Dust, part of the Lest We Forget programme, which led to an invitation to create his own critically acclaimed version of the iconic romantic ballet Giselle. His latest project with ENB is Creature. In recent years, Khan has moved into television, specifically documentaries. He has created three documentaries with Swan Films for Channel 4, the Sky Arts documentary series Why Do We Dance, and an episode of the Netflix series MOVE. 

  Khan has been the recipient of numerous awards throughout his career including two Laurence Olivier Awards, the Bessie Award (New York Dance and Performance Award), the prestigious ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts) Distinguished Artist Award, the Fred and Adele Astaire Award, the Herald Archangel Award at the Edinburgh International Festival, the South Bank Sky Arts Award and nine Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards. Khan was awarded an MBE for services to dance in 2005. In 2022, he was announced as the new Chancellor of De Montfort University, and he is also an Honorary Graduate of University of London as well as Roehampton and De Montfort Universities, and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Laban. Khan is an Associate Artist of Sadler’s Wells and Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London as well as Curve.

  M. Khan est l’un des danseurs-chorégraphes les plus célèbres et les plus estimés du Royaume-Uni. En un peu plus de 16 ans, il a créé une œuvre qui a contribué de manière significative au rayonnement des arts au Royaume-Uni et dans le monde. Sa réputation s’est construite sur le succès de productions originales telles que DESH, iTMOi, Vertical Road, Gnosis et zero degrees. Grâce à son sens de la collaboration instinctif et naturel, il a été un aimant pour des artistes de classe mondiale provenant d’autres cultures et disciplines. Parmi ses collaborations précédentes figurent le Ballet national de Chine, l’actrice Juliette Binoche, la danseuse-étoile Sylvie Guillem, les chorégraphes-danseurs Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui et Israel Galván, la chanteuse Kylie Minogue, les artistes Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley et Tim Yip, l’écrivain Hanif Kureishi et les compositeurs Steve Reich, Nitin Sawhney, Jocelyn Pook et Ben Frost. Le travail d’Akram Khan est salué comme étant profondément émouvant, usant d’une narration intelligemment conçue, et aisément intime et épique à la fois. Décrit par le Financial Times comme un artiste « qui parle formidablement de choses formidables », Khan a chorégraphié une section de la cérémonie d’ouverture des Jeux Olympiques de Londres 2012, un moment de sa carrière qui fut unanimement salué. Il a reçu de nombreux prix tout au long de sa carrière, tels que le Laurence Olivier Award, le Bessie Awards, le prestigieux ISPA Distinguished Artist Award (New York), le South Bank Sky Arts Award et plusieurs UK Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards. Il est également membre de l’Ordre de l’Empire britannique depuis 2005 pour services rendus à la danse, ainsi que diplômé d’honneur des universités de Roehampton, De Montfort, de Londres, et membre honorifique du Trinity Laban.

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  Dramaturg Ruth Little

  

  Dramaturg Ruth Little

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  Lighting Designer Michael Hulls

  

  Lighting Designer Michael Hulls

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  Composer Vincenzo Lamagna

  

  Composer Vincenzo Lamagna

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  Set Designer Mirella Weingarten

  

  Set Designer Mirella Weingarten

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  Costume Designer Kimie Nakano

  

  Costume Designer Kimie Nakano

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  Writer Jordan Tannahill

  

  Writer Jordan Tannahill

  Jordan Tannahill is a playwright and director. He has been described by The Toronto Star as being "widely celebrated as one of Canada’s most accomplished young playwrights, filmmakers and all-round multidisciplinary artists"; by the CBC as "one of Canada's most extraordinary artists"; and by The Walrus as "the enfant terrible of Canadian theatre."

  His plays have been translated into ten languages. Jordan has won several Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the John Hirsch Prize for directing, as well as two Governor General's Awards for Drama; in 2014 for Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays, and in 2018 for Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom.

  His performance texts and productions have been presented at venues including The Young Vic, Sadler's Wells, Festival d'Avignon, The Lincoln Centre, the Volkstheater, the Deutsches Theatre, The Edinburgh International Festival, and on London's West End. His films have screened at TIFF, Tribeca, Venice, and other major international festivals.

  Jordan Tannahill est dramaturge et metteur en scène. C’est « l’un des jeunes dramaturges, cinéastes et artistes multidisciplinaires les plus accomplis et les plus célébrés du Canada » (The Toronto Star); « l’un des plus extraordinaires artistes du pays » (CBC) et « l’enfant terrible du théâtre canadien » (The Walrus).

  Il a remporté de nombreux prix Dora Mavor Moore, le prix John-Hirsch en mise en scène ainsi que deux Prix du Gouverneur général en théâtre (Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays, 2014, et Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom, 2018).

  Ses pièces ont été traduites en dix langues. Les lectures de ses textes et ses productions ont été notamment présentées au Young Vic, à Sadler’s Wells, au Festival d’Avignon, au Lincoln Centre, au Volkstheater, au Deutsches Theatre, au festival international d’Édimbourg et dans le West End londonien. On a pu voir les films de Jordan Tannahill dans les plus grands festivals internationaux du film, y compris à Toronto, Tribeca et Venise.

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