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Darbar Festival solo piece marks new direction for dancer Akram Khan

Akram Khan © Laurent Ziegler

By: Lauren Codling

by LAUREN CODLING ACCLAIMED dancer-choreographer Akram Khan MBE will perform an excerpt from his final, full-length solo piece at a classical Indian arts festival this month. Khan, 43, will do a kathak piece from his upcoming dance production Xenos, premiering next year, on Thursday (9) as part of the Darbar Festival. The British-Bangladeshi dancer told Eastern Eye that his retirement from full solo length pieces is due to the fatigue he feels in his body. “My body hurts,” Khan said. “I wanted to focus more on my choreography. Working with other dancers who are in their prime; that is more…

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