CHOTTO DESH

Casa del Teatro Ragazzi e Giovani
Evening performances // September 30, October 1 at 8:45 p.m. | School performances October 1, 2, 3 at 10:00 a.m.
Family performance October 2 at 6:00 p.m.

AKRAM KHAN | SUE BUCKMASTER

In 2015, Akram Khan created Desh, one of the most extraordinary dance solos of the new millennium. Shortly afterward, together with director Sue Buckmaster, he developed Chotto Desh, meaning “small homeland.” This iconic work draws on the English artist’s unique ability to tell intercultural stories, creating a compelling tale of a boy’s dreams and memories, from Britain to Bangladesh. Blending kathak and contemporary dance with an exquisite score of text, dreamlike animations, visuals, and specially composed music, Chotto Desh is a captivating and touching dance-theater experience for children and their families.

artistic direction and original choreography: Akram Khan
direction and adaptation: Sue Buckmaster (Theatre-Rites)
musical composition: Jocelyn Pook
lighting design: Guy Hoare
stories imagined by: Karthika Naïr, Akram Khan, and Sue Buckmaster
voice of the grandmother: Leesa Gazi
voice of Jui: Sreya Andrisha Gazi
dancers: Jasper Narvaez, Nico Ricchini
rehearsal director: Nico Monaco
co-produced by MAC, Belfast
originally 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, supported by Arts Council England