Akram Khan MBE (born 29 July 1974 in London) is a dancer. According to culturebase. net, "London-based Akram Khan is a leading dancer and choreographer, acclaimed for the vitality he brings to cross-cultural expression, influenced by his training in Western contemporary dance and Kathak, the Indian classical genre." He has also played in the role of Ekalavya in Peter Brook's The Mahabharata.

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  • Akram Khan MBE (born 29 July 1974 in London) is a dancer. According to culturebase. net, "London-based Akram Khan is a leading dancer and choreographer, acclaimed for the vitality he brings to cross-cultural expression, influenced by his training in Western contemporary dance and Kathak, the Indian classical genre." He has also played in the role of Ekalavya in Peter Brook's The Mahabharata. An articulated manikin made from a mould of Akram Khan's body by the British sculptor, Antony Gormley, is used in a performance with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, who also has a Gormley dummy (nicknamed Ibral), to music composed by Nitin Sawhney. The production is called 'zero degrees' and was first seen at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London in 2005, before touring internationally. (en)
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  • Akram Khan MBE (born 29 July 1974 in London) is a dancer. According to culturebase. net, "London-based Akram Khan is a leading dancer and choreographer, acclaimed for the vitality he brings to cross-cultural expression, influenced by his training in Western contemporary dance and Kathak, the Indian classical genre." He has also played in the role of Ekalavya in Peter Brook's The Mahabharata. (en)
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  • Akram Khan (dancer) (en)
  • Akram Khan (fr)
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