Akram Khan Company

iTMOi (in the mind of igor) is Akram Khan's first full-length ensemble piece since Vertical Road in 2010, commemorating the centenary of Igor Stravinsky's legendary The Rite of Spring. New full-length work with original score World Premiere: 14 May 2013, MC2: Grenoble / London Premiere: 28 May 2013, Sadler's Wells / Paris Premiere: 24 June 2013, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Artistic Director/Choreographer - Akram Khan Composers - Nitin Sawhney, Jocelyn Pook and Ben Frost "In this work, I am interested in the dynamics of how Stravinsky transformed the classical world of music by evoking emotions through patterns, rather than through expression, and these patterns were rooted in the concept of a woman dancing herself to death. This approach is a huge inspiration to me. But in a sense I hope to reinvestigate it, not just through patterns, as Stravinsky did, but also through exploring the human condition. A rupture in the mind, a death in the body, and a birth in the soul, all remind us that the mind and imagination are wild and self-generating. In addition, to be creating this work with three different composers, Nitin Sawhney, Jocelyn Pook and Ben Frost, allows us to discover many different sound-worlds, using Stravinsky as the key, the guide, the map." Akram Khan Costume Designer - Kimie Nakano / Lighting Designer - Fabiana Piccioli / Scenographer - Matt Deely / Dramaturge - Ruth Little / Researcher - Joel Jenkins / Choreographic Assistants - Andrej Petrovic and Jose Agudo / Producer - Farooq Chaudhry / Associate Producer - Bia Oliveira Dancers - Kristina Alleyne, Sadé Alleyne, Ching-Ying Chien, Téo Fdida, Sung Hoon Kim, Denis 'Kooné' Kuhnert, Hannes Langolf, Yen-Ching Lin, TJ Lowe, Christine Joy Ritter, Catherine Schaub Abkarian Sponsored by COLAS Co-produced by Sadler's Wells London, MC2: Grenoble, HELLERAU - European Center for the Arts Dresden, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg Costume making supported by the Centre Dramatique National des Alpes Supported by Arts Council England

DESH is a new full-length contemporary solo and the most personal work to date from celebrated choreographer and performer, Akram Khan. DESH meaning 'homeland' in Bengali, draws multiple tales of land, nation, resistance and convergence into the body and voice of one man trying to find his balance in an unstable world. Moving between Britain and Bangladesh, Khan weaves threads of memory, experience and myth into a surreal world of surprising connection. At once intimate and epic, DESH explores fragility in the face of natural forces, and celebrates the resilience of the human spirit in the rhythms of labour, in dream and story, and in transformation and survival. For this production, Khan teams up with Oscar-winning visual artist Tim Yip (Production Designer for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), fellow Sadler's Wells Associate Artist lighting designer Michael Hulls, writer and poet Karthika Nair and Olivier award-winning composer Jocelyn Pook. 'Those transparent Dacca gauzes known as woven air, running water, evening dew.' (Agha Shahid Ali)

DESH is a new full-length contemporary solo and the most personal work to date from celebrated choreographer and performer, Akram Khan. DESH meaning 'homeland' in Bengali, draws multiple tales of land, nation, resistance and convergence into the body and voice of one man trying to find his balance in an unstable world. Moving between Britain and Bangladesh, Khan weaves threads of memory, experience and myth into a surreal world of surprising connection. At once intimate and epic, DESH explores fragility in the face of natural forces, and celebrates the resilience of the human spirit in the rhythms of labour, in dream and story, and in transformation and survival. For this production, Khan teams up with Oscar-winning visual artist Tim Yip (Production Designer for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), fellow Sadler's Wells Associate Artist lighting designer Michael Hulls, writer and poet Karthika Nair and Olivier award-winning composer Jocelyn Pook. DESH trailer by Moonspun Films Limited.