Akram Khan

The Curry House Kid (2019)

Choreographer Akram Khan returns to the curry houses of his youth and creates a poetic dance piece that tells a story of the immigrant experience as a Bangladeshi in Britain. ...

Can We Live with Robots? (2017)

As robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) become increasingly prevalent, questions arise around their impact on human relationships. Travelling the world from the UK to Japan and the USA, Akram Khan meets with scientists and their creations of AI that alr ...

One Night In 2012 (2016)

Co-produced by Rogan Productions and BBC Studios. London. The Summer of 2012. As rehearsals take place in a rainy Dagenham car park, Director Danny Boyle reveals a glimpse of his Opening Ceremony to the press. Some denounce it as the "Tellytubby Olympics" ...

Dance Rebels: A Story of Modern Dance (2015)

The mavericks whose radical ideas created modern dance in the 20th century. ...

London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder (2012)

The London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place at 9pm on 27 July 2012. Titled 'Isles of Wonder', the Ceremony welcomed the finest athletes from more than 200 nations for the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games, marking an historic third time ...

Juliette Binoche dans les yeux (2009)

Creature (2023)

On a remote Arctic research station, a captive creature (played by the English National Ballet's charismatic principal dancer Jeffrey Cirio) is unwittingly enlisted into a military program that subjects him to sinister experiments. Amid this turmoil, he fi ...

Until The Lions (2020)

In this partial adaptation of poet Karthika Naïr's award-winning book Until the Lions: Echoes from the Mahabharata, an original reworking of the epic Mahabharata, Akram Khan uses kathak and contemporary dance to tell the tale of Amba, a princess abducted ...

Akram Khan's Giselle (2018)

Hailed as a masterpiece of 21st century dance, Akram Khan's Giselle comes to cinemas for the first time with Artistic Director, Tamara Rojo, dancing the role of Giselle, one of a community of migrant workers cast out of their jobs in a condemned garment fa ...

Desert Dancer (2014)

Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban. ...