English
XENOS
In questo nuovissimo lavoro commissionato da 14-18 NOW, il programma artistico britannico per il centenario della Prima Guerra Mondiale, Akram Khan attinge agli archivi del XX secolo e dà voce al sogno sconvolto di un soldato coloniale nella Prima Guerra mondiale. Xenos rivela la bellezza e l’orrore della condizione umana raccontando la storia di un ballerino indiano il cui corpo diventa uno strumento di guerra. Il linguaggio del movimento di Khan si sposta tra il kathak classico e la danza contemporanea. Xenos si svolge al confine tra oriente e occidente, passato e presente, mitologia e tecnologia, dove l’umanità si erge ancora in uno stato di meraviglia e confusione.
durata 65 minuti
coreografia e interprete Akram Khan
drammaturgia Ruth Little
luci Michael Hulls
musiche originali e sound design Vincenzo Lamagna
scene Mirella Weingarten
costumi Kimie Nakano
testi Jordan Tannahill
musicisti Nina Harries (contrabbasso e voce), B C Manjunath (percussioni e konnakol), Tamar Osborn
(baritone saxophone), Aditya Prakash (vocals), Clarice Rarity (violino)
commissionato da 14-18 NOW: WW1 Centenary Art Commissions, supported by the National Lottery
through the Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England, and by the Department for Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport
Akram Khan Compay coproduzione italiana Torinodanza festival / Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale / Romaeuropa Festival
ENG In his latest work, commissioned by the British arts program 14-18 NOW for the centenary of the First World War, Akram Khan draws on 20th-century archives and gives voice to the shell-shocked dream of a colonial soldier during the First World War. In portraying an Indian dancer, whose skilled body becomes an instrument of war, XENOS reveals the beauty and horror of the human condition. The language of Akram’s movement shifts between classical kathak and contemporary dance. XENOS unfolds along the border between East and West, past and present, mythology and technology, where humanity still rises in a state of wonder and disarray.
artistic director, choreographer and performer Akram Khan
dramaturgy Ruth Little
lighting Michael Hulls
original music and sound design Vincenzo Lamagna
scenes Mirella Weingarten
costumes Kimie Nakano
text Jordan Tannahill
musicians Nina Harries (double bass and voice), B C Manjunath (percussion and konnakol), Tamar Osborn (baritone saxophone), Aditya Prakash (vocals), Clarice Rarity (violin)
Akram Khan Company Italian co-produced with Torinodanza festival / Teatro Stabile Torino – Teatro Nazionale, Romaeuropa Festival