Akram Khan News

The fourth edition of Lincoln Center's White Light Festival (October 24 through November 23, 2013) is highlighted by appearances by internationally-renowned dance artists Akram Khan and the Mark Morris Dance Group. Khan will dance the U.S. premiere of his acclaimed solo DESH, November 6 and 7 in the Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center. The Mark Morris Dance Group offers its sublime, evening-length L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato in three performances-November 21, 22, and 23-at the David H. Koch Theater.

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, Canadian Stage announced a surplus of $114,532, marking the second year in a row the company has ended the theatre season in the black, following a surplus of $30,880 for the 2012 fiscal year. Under the leadership of Artistic & General Director Matthew Jocelyn, Managing Director Su Hutchinson and board chair Ron Lalonde, the not-for-profit company continues to support its artistic mandate as a home for innovative live performance from Canada and around the world by reducing the organization's accumulated deficit by seven per cent in fiscal year 2013 from fiscal year 2012.

A number of program changes and additions have been made to the performances, screenings, and events presented by Great Performers and the White Light Festival at Lincoln Center this season. Below is a final schedule of events for both series through June 4, 2013.

As part of Curve's on-going commitment to supporting and developing talent within the East Midlands, the Leicester theatre has announced the appointment of its first Associate Artists; Aakash Odedra Company, New Art Club and METRO-BOULOT-DODO.

Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Jane Moss today announced the roster for Lincoln Center's fourth multidisciplinary White Light Festival, October 24 through November 23, 2013. The Festival's focus is music's capacity to illuminate the many dimensions of our interior lives, with a particular emphasis this year on the power of the voice. Spanning numerous musical traditions, genres, and disciplines, the Festival will offer 23 performances, films, and events featuring seven premieres and debuts by artists and companies from more than a dozen countries, including France, India, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, the U.K., Mali, Estonia, Italy, Austria, Canada and the U.S. New to this edition of the Festival is White Light on Film, film screenings followed by discussions with their directors. Other Festival components include: a panel discussion focused on the subject of time, pre- and post-performance artist discussions, and the popular post-performance White Light Lounges.

Following a sell-out success as part of International Dance Festival Birmingham 2010 and after five years touring the globe, the highly acclaimed Sutra returns to the city for two performances only; tonight 7 & Wednesday 8 May at 7:30 p.m. at Birmingham Hippodrome.

Following a sell-out success as part of International Dance Festival Birmingham 2010 and after five years touring the globe, the highly acclaimed Sutra returns to the city for two performances only; Tuesday 7 & Wednesday 8 May at 7:30 p.m. at Birmingham Hippodrome.

Tonight, April 6 at 9:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall, the innovative contemporary chamber ensemble Alarm Will Sound gives the world premiere of Fly By Wire by former Battles singer and guitarist, composer Tyondai Braxton, a work commissioned by Carnegie Hall. Artistic Director Alan Pierson conducts the program of music written expressly for Alarm Will Sound, which also includes New York premieres by Charles Wuorinen and John Orfe-the ensemble's pianist- as well as Dublin-based composer Donnacha Dennehy, whose scenes from The Hunger will be performed with mezzo-soprano soloist Rachel Calloway. David Lang's 2002 work, increase, completes the program.

BAFTA Award-winning director Joe Wright and Olivier Award-winning choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui join forces again following Anna Karenina for the UK premiere of Aime Cesaire's A Season in the Congo, an epic retelling of a vibrant nation's turbulent first year of freedom. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Patrice Lumumba in his Young Vic debut.

Musician, composer and collaborator extraordinaire, Iain Grandage has taken out the 2013 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Individual Award ($50,000) while leading Indigenous theatre company, Ilbijerri, whose work is capturing national attention, has been recognised with the Group Award ($80,000). Philip Rolfe, producer, festival director, bureaucrat and cultural industry shape-shifter has been awarded the Facilitator's Prize ($20,000).

On Saturday, April 6 at 9:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall, the innovative contemporary chamber ensemble Alarm Will Sound gives the world premiere of Fly By Wire by former Battles singer and guitarist, composer Tyondai Braxton, a work commissioned by Carnegie Hall. Artistic Director Alan Pierson conducts the program of music written expressly for Alarm Will Sound, which also includes New York premieres by Charles Wuorinen and John Orfe-the ensemble's pianist- as well as Dublin-based composer Donnacha Dennehy, whose scenes from The Hunger will be performed with mezzo-soprano soloist Rachel Calloway. David Lang's 2002 work, increase, completes the program.

The Brooklyn Philharmonic announced today that it is returning to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) as part of a revised Spring season for the first time in three years.

Anish Kapoor's Gangnam Style film in support of Ai Weiwei has just been posted on YouTube.

The TMA held its annual Theatre Awards UK at London's historic Guildhall, on Sunday 28 October 2012. Scroll below for the winners!

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, and World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh invite local residents to welcome more than 1,200 One Young World attendees from around the world to the heart of the Cultural District. One Young World is the premier international forum for the world's emerging leaders to address global issues ranging from education and sustainable development to the role of government and global business.

Akram Khan Company brings Vertical Road to Irvine Barclay Theatre from London, England, tonight, October 10, 2012 at 8pm. Epic dance theater, Vertical Road is Khan's enthralling meditation on man's journey to grace.

The Theatrical Management Association (TMA) has today (Thursday 27 September 2012) announced the nominations for its Theatre Awards UK 2012 with the full list of nominations now online at www.tmauk.org