Akram Khan

Akram Khan is a young Muslim of Bangladeshi heritage, born in the UK. Schooled in the 500-year-old dance tradition of Kathak at The Academy of Indian Dance, under the tutelage of world renowned guru, Sri Pratap Pawar, he attained his performing arts degree at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance.

Since an early age, he has danced for such luminaries as Ravi Shankar, Peter Brook and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1999 he collaborated with the British choreographer Jonathan Burrows and was been seen on Channel 4’s ‘Performance’. Akram has just completed an international choreographic project in Brussels called the X Group. His time in the project was spent developing the dance material for Rush.

In August 2000, Akram launched his own company, the Akram Khan Company, with a movement style he describes as ‘Contemporary Kathak’.