Akram Khan Company – Chotto Desh

The Akram Khan Company is UK based with a truly global focus. Khan’s choreography is a dazzling fusion of classical Indian katak and western contemporary dance – dance that is bold, uninhibited, intelligent, inventive and challenging.

DESH was an instant hit with audiences and critics alike when it was first presented at Sadler’s Wells in 2011. Four years later, Akram Khan Company and Theatre-Rites’ director Sue Buckmaster adapted the solo into Khan’s much-loved production for young audiences, Chotto Desh, meaning ?small homeland’. Chotto Desh draws on Khan’s unique quality of cross-cultural storytelling, creating a compelling tale of a young man’s dreams and memories from Britain to Bangladesh. Performers Dennis Alamanos and Nicolas Ricchini share the solo role. Through a captivating mixture of dance, text, visuals and sound, Chotto Desh celebrates the resilience of the human spirit in the modern world.