“ a company who clearly care very deeply about the tale they tell" ” - Joyce McMillan 

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TOURING

Previous events

Date Event Location
Cafe Kathak - AKDC BAND | EFG London Jazz Festival MAAD, London MAAD, London
 —  — KANTHA KATHA-K Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham
 —  — ONE DanceBase, Edinburgh DanceBase, Edinburgh
 —  — KATHAK MONOLOGUES - You & Me, Manchild, Bombay Bitch (club event only on Sat) Rich Mix, London Rich Mix, London
 —  — A THOUSAND FACES Riverside Studios, London Riverside Studios, London
 —  — KANTHA KATHA-K Shop Floor , Woking Shop Floor , Woking
Kantha Katha-k Dalloway Centre, Luton Dalloway Centre, Luton
Kantha Katha-k Dalloway Centre, Luton Dalloway Centre, Luton
 —  — Catch The Bird Who Won't Fly Summerhall, Edinburgh Summerhall, Edinburgh
The Hum in My Heart Hat Factory , Luton Hat Factory , Luton
The Hum In My Heart Hat Factory , Luton Hat Factory , Luton
The Hum In My Heart Rhoda McGaw/ Dance Woking, GU21 6GQ Rhoda McGaw/ Dance Woking, GU21 6GQ
A THOUSAND FACES Northern Stage, Newcastle Northern Stage, Newcastle
A THOUSAND FACES Courtyard, Hereford Courtyard, Hereford
A THOUSAND FACES Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
A THOUSAND FACES Gulbenkian, Canterbury Gulbenkian, Canterbury
A THOUSAND FACES The Woodville, Gravesend The Woodville, Gravesend
A THOUSAND FACES Circomedia, Bristol Circomedia, Bristol
ONE Luton Library Theatre, Luton Luton Library Theatre, Luton
ONE The Hawth, Crawley The Hawth, Crawley
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A unique performance/installation narrating local stories originated during Covid lockdowns when AKDC continued their creative engagement in their regional hubs – Luton, Woking, Slough, London, and Birmingham - with women reaching them through WhatsApp and Zoom. Using traditional Kantha – a south Asian form of embroidery, participants told their Covid experiences and stories.  

In the final part of the project the Kanthas are kinetically progressed to Kathak by Amina Khayyam to a music score of Borodin’s Nocturne specially adapted by Jonathan Mayer to Indian instrumentation.  

Presented at at Luton (Dallow community Centre) and Woking (Peacock Shopping Centre with Dance Woking) and Birmingham Hippodrome 

 

Watch the production here