Chotto Desh
Akram Khan
About “Chotto Desh”
Every two years, HELLERAU hosts the “Watch Out! Festival for Young and Old”. The artistic and participatory program is once again aimed at an audience of all ages and presents works by international and local choreographers and actors from urban society.
The internationally acclaimed British choreographer Akram Khan has already performed at HELLERAU several times. In the autobiographically tinged solo “Chotto Desh”, Khan tells a captivating story about the dreams and memories of a boy who travels from Great Britain to his parents’ homeland of Bangladesh and tries to find his place in the world. A fascinating interplay of the Indian dance style Kathak and contemporary dance as well as text and animation is created on stage, framed by a composition by Jocelyn Pook.
Duration: ca. 1 h
Language: English with German translation
Suitable for everyone 10 years and older
Audience discussions following the performances
Ticket special: family tickets for 34/44/48 €
Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the Alliance of International Production Houses.
Audio Description
Saturday 14. June “Chotto Desh” will be shown with a live audio description in german. There is also the possibility of taking part in a tactical guided tour at 6pm, one hour before the performance starts.
Please let us know in advance if you would like to take part in the audiodescription and tactile guided tour.
Please contact Jule Fuchs via E-Mail: barrierefrei@hellerau.org or via telephone: 0351 264 62 37.
Founded in 2000 by the dancer and choreographer Akram Khan and the dancer Farooq Chaudhry, the Akram Khan Company is known for its innovative dance pieces, which are shown all over the world. Inspired by Akram Khan’s earlier training in the classical Indian dance form Kathak and in combination with contemporary dance, the company looks for ways to bring together different artistic disciplines and tell stories that explore the unknown. In addition to his large-scale dance productions, he creates adaptations of these pieces for young audiences in collaboration with director Sue Buckmaster.
