Six seasons
2012
Choreographer(s) : Khan, Akram (United Kingdom)
Present in collection(s): Maison de la danse
Video producer : Lardux Films
Six seasons
2012
Choreographer(s) : Khan, Akram (United Kingdom)
Present in collection(s): Maison de la danse
Video producer : Lardux Films
Six seasons
A poetic documentary, "The six seasons" is a fi lm mirroring the creation of "Desh", a solo show choreographed by Akram Khan. The project is a refl ection of his origins: Bangladesh. The fi lm unfolds like a continuity of passages, bridges, and parallels that lead us to a story in which each individual is culturally made. The look of the author opens with geopolitical issues of Bangladesh, one of the most populous countries in the world, developing a refl ection on the effects of global warming and economic
migration. The whole fi lm is composed as a poem, by fragmentally showing images of Bangladesh’s people, and by focussing on an artist who immigrated and who, through his dance, shares the dream of his origins. The images supporting this dream lead us back into a studio where, facing a mirror, everything could eventually be an illusion...
Source : dance screen 2013 - Winner Category D - IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Khan, Akram
Akram Khan is one of the most celebrated and respected dance artists of today. In just over 19 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 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 has been a magnet to world-class artists from other cultures and disciplines. 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, 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 and its Artistic Director Tamara Rojo. 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.
Khan has been the recipient of numerous awards throughout his career including the Laurence Olivier Award, 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 eight Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards. Khan was awarded an MBE for services to dance in 2005. 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 and Curve, Leicester.
Source: Akram Khan Company
More information: akramkhancompany.net
Les six saisons
Choreography : Akram Khan (Pieces : Hallelujah, Trafic Ambiant, Honeybee, Metallic sonata, Remember Noor, Storm Engine, Blending Soles, Teenage Years)
Production / Coproduction of the choreographic work : Akram Khan company
Production / Coproduction of the video work : Lardux Films
Duration : 51'
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Western classical dance enters the modernity of the 20th century: The Ballets russes and the Ballets suédois
If the 19th century is that of romanticism, the entry into the new century is synonymous of modernity! It was a few decades later that it would be assigned, a posteriori, the name of “neo-classical”.