What are the key themes in zero degrees?
Unfinished, hazy, occasionally introvert, it has the look of a work in progress. But somehow these four artists have figured out that it’s only by being provisional and exploratory that Zero Degrees gets as close as it does to the big themes – of love and loneliness, life and death.
What is Akram Khan’s Zero Degrees about?
zero degrees was borne out of their longing to create work together, and follows them on a journey to seek the reference point, the source, the ‘0’ at life’s core. Inspired by their own dual identities, the two search for this middle point through polar opposites; becoming/death, light/dark, chaos/order.
Who has Akram Khan worked with?
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 …
What nationality is Akram Khan?
Bangladeshi
British
Akram Khan/Nationality
Born in London in 1974 into a family originally from Bangladesh, Akram Khan began dancing kathak at the age of seven.
Who choreographed the Red Shoes ballet?
Matthew Bourne
The Red Shoes was directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne based on the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale.
Where has Akram Khan performed?
Akram Khan Company is an associate artist at Sadler’s Wells Theatre and Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London and Curve Theatre in Leicester.”
Did Moira Shearer do her own dancing in The Red Shoes?
While some ballet films use stand-ins and cutaways to make it appear that their actors have the right moves, Powell and Pressburger cast dancers instead. Moira Shearer, who plays the heroine, rising star Vicky Page, was a featured dancer at Sadler’s Wells.
What is unique about Akram Khan’s choreography?
Born in London to a Bangladeshi family, Khan received training in the Kathak style of classical Indian dance, in which rhythm and movement cohere into narrative. In his choreographed pieces, Khan fuses this deeply traditional art form with the innovative flair of contemporary performance.