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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 14, 9:30 PM
Akram Khan Company (UK)
Chotto Desh
Akram Khan Company is delighted to welcome back its much-loved, family-friendly production Chotto Desh. Adapted in 2015 by Theatre-Rites director Sue Buckmaster from Akram Khan’s Olivier Award-winning and critically acclaimed solo DESH, this heart-warming work tells the story of a young man searching for his place in the world.
Chotto Desh, meaning ‘small homeland’, draws on Khan’s unique quality of cross-cultural storytelling, creating a compelling tale of a boy’s dreams and memories from Britain to Bangladesh that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit in the modern world. Blending Kathak and contemporary dance with an exquisite mix of spoken text, dreamlike animation, visuals and specially composed music, Chotto Desh is an enchanting and poignant dance-theatre experience for children aged 5+ and their families to enjoy together.
Este espetáculo terá audiodescrição, um comentário adicional dirigido às pessoas com deficiência visual (cegas e com baixa visão) e que se refere à linguagem corporal, expressões e movimentos. Consiste num narrador que fala durante a apresentação, durante as pausas naturais do áudio, sobre o que está a acontecer (e que não é percetível através da audição).
The performance has a duration of 50 minutes.
DESH Artistic Direction and Original Choreography | Akram Khan
Chotto Desh Direction and Adaptation | Sue Buckmaster (Theatre-Rites)
Music Composition | Jocelyn Pook
Lighting Design | Guy Hoare
Stories imagined by | Karthika Naïr and Akram Khan
The grandmother’s fable in Chotto Desh is taken from the book The Honey Hunter
Written by | Karthika Naïr, Sue Buckmaster and Akram Khan
Assistant Choreographer | Jose Agudo
Rehearsal Director | Amy Butler
Dancer | Jasper Narvaez
English Audio
Grandmother’s voice | Leesa Gazi
Jui’s voice | Sreya Andrisha Gazi
Executive Director | Isabel Tamen
Production Manager | Michael Cunningham
Tour Manager | Svitlana Bil
Stage Manager | Harry Abbott
Lighting Technician | Gerald McDermott
Sound & Video | Matt Armstrong
Original Visual Design | Tim Yip
Original Visual Animation created by | YeastCulture
Painted Head Sequence devised by | Damien Jalet with Akram Khan
‘Bleeding Soles’ lyrics written by | Leesa Gazi
Singers | Melanie Pappenheim, Sohini Alam, Jocelyn Pook (voice/viola/piano), Tanja Tzarovska, Jeremy Schonfield
We gratefully acknowledge the artists who contributed to the original production of DESH by Akram Khan Company.
Coproduced by the MAC, Belfast
Originally co-commissioned by MOKO Dance, Akram Khan Company, Sadler’s Wells London, DanceEast, Théâtre de la Ville Paris, Mercat de les Flors Barcelona, Biennale de la danse de Lyon 2016 and Stratford Circus Arts Centre.
