kathak

Born in London in 1974, Khan studied the Indian classical dance form known as kathak from an early age.

Akram Khan: 'Despite the chaos, we're all connected' 2010

As a sensory experience, it's mesmerising, but Khan is also, wordlessly, instructing us in the principles of kathak and it's the consummate tact and subtlety with which he does this that makes him such a great performer.

Gnosis 2010

Born in London 36 years ago to a Bangladeshi family, he trained from an early age in kathak, one of the oldest forms of Indian classical dance, in which the dancer wears percussive ankle bells.

Gnosis 2010

Without compromising elegance of form, they shone light on kathak itself and on the issues of culture and identity raised by its performance in a non-traditional environment.

Gnosis 2010

If I have to list out the many faces she wears it would be a Japanese linguist by profession, a kathak dancer by training and an actress by interest too.

Archive 2007-05-01 Anjali 2007

If I have to list out the many faces she wears it would be a Japanese linguist by profession, a kathak dancer by training and an actress by interest too.

Jyoti's घर दोघांचं! Anjali 2007

The score is a rhythmic profusion of syllables from Indian kathak; the dance seems determined to register each and every one.

NYT > Home Page By BRIAN SEIBERT 2011

Tarana is a selection of music to accompany the kathak dance of north India.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed PAULA CITRON 2011

Children made diyas (oil lamps lit on the holiday) and rangoli (folk art) and watched kathak dance performances.

NYT > Home Page By SHIVANI VORA 2011

Khan is a compact, emphatic dancer, drawing on both his kathak and western training, as well as a deft storyteller and confident actor who can switch characters with ease - from a cook feeding his fellow villagers, to a parent negotiating with a small child, to a stressed westerner ranting at a call centre somewhere in

Evening Standard - Home Sarah Frater 2011