Jungle Book Reimagined: a scathing, incisive work of dance theatre

Akram Khan's Jungle Book Reimagined

Por Graham Watts, 01 febrero 2023

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“A powerful polemic about climate change”

Crítica hecha desde Gran Teatre del Liceu: Sala, Barcelona el 30 enero 2023

Jungle Book Reimagined (Akram Khan)

Akram Khan Company

Akram Khan, Dirección de escena

Miriam Buether, Diseño de escena

Michael Hulls, Diseño de iluminación

Sharon Clark, Dramaturgia

YeastCulture, Videoarte

Thomasin Gülgeç, Bailarín

Fukiko Takase, Bailarín

Apocalipsis climática: Jungle Book Reimagined en Oviedo

Cintia Borges Carreras, 3rd June

Akram Khan pone palabras al movimiento para alertar sobre la emergencia climática a través de un cuento infantil, porque el arte también puede ayudar a hacer política.

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Una Giselle que rompe muros: Tamara Rojo y Akram Khan

Maria Sánchez, 4th May

Expectativas más que cumplidas en esta producción del English National Ballet con Akram Khan; dos gigantes del panorama coreográfico contemporáneo que recrearon una Giselle actual, febril y nada inocente.

*****

Tamara Rojo fascina con la Giselle sagrada de Akram Khan

Cintia Borges Carreras, 12th October

El espectro de la Giselle de Akram Khan persuade a la audiencia con la interpretación sublime, impecable y arrebatadora de Tamara Rojo.

*****

Akram Khan’s Giselle for ENB at the Coliseum: hauntingly mesmeric

Deborah Weiss, 15th January

ENB have brought Akram Khan’s Giselle to London's Coliseum for the first time. It’s looking better than ever and should not be missed.

*****

‘Osipova/Linbury’: a pot pourri of delights

Deborah Weiss, 10th November

An interesting evening displaying the many facets of Natalia Osipova's talents alongside her equally exciting guests at the Linbury.

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Thikra: Night of Remembering – past voices shaping our present

Daniel Pratt, 29th October

Akram Khan in concentrated colour, setting the darkness chiming with Thikra: Night of Remembering at London's Sadler's Wells.

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.