Aakash Odedra presents his new double bill
Murmur – choreographed by Aakash Odedra and Lewis Major
Inked – choreographed by Damien Jalet
World premiere: International Dance Festival Birmingham
The Patrick Centre, 6 and 7 May 2014
Touring until November 2014
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Acclaimed solo dancer Aakash Odedra originally trained in the south Asian styles of Kathak and Bharatanatyam and is now developing his own distinctive performance style. In 2011 he commissioned Akram Khan, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Russell Maliphant to create a triple bill of solos which marked Odedra out as a rising star.
| Aakash Odedra in studio. Photo by Sean Goldthorpe |
For his new work Murmur, he collaborates with Australian choreographer Lewis Major and Farooq Chaudhry as dramaturg. Odedra was diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age. Finding written language alien, dance became his preferred mode of expression. In Murmur, Odedra and Major collaborate with Ars Electronica’s research division the Ars Electronica Futurelab to create a three-dimensional stereoscopic environment in a storm of paper. The original soundtrack is by Nicky Wells, a protégée of Nitin Sawhney, classically trained in Indian music. Lighting is by Andrew Ellis.
| Aakash Odedra in Inked. Photo by Lewis Major |
Inked is choreographed by Olivier Award-winning Damien Jalet on Odedra whose grandmother’s body was covered with tattoos that ensured her protection and sense of belonging. In Inked, the body becomes a place of transformation as it journeys through a ritualised space. The original score is by Scott Morgan and lighting by Fabiana Piccioli winner of the Knight of Illumination Award for dance in 2013.
Tour information
Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 May 2014 at 8pmDancXchange, as part of International Dance Festival Birmingham Hippodrome, Hurst St, Birmingham B5 4TB Box office: 0844 338 7000 www.idfb.co.uk
Saturday 21 June at Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL Box office: 01803 847070 www.dartington.org
Saturday 4 October at The Gulbenkian, Canterbury, University of Kent, CT2 7NB Box office: 01227 769075 www.thegulbenkian.co.uk
Saturday 4 October at The Gulbenkian, Canterbury, University of Kent, CT2 7NB Box office: 01227 769075 www.thegulbenkian.co.uk
Friday 31 October at Swindon Dance Regent Circus, Swindon SN1 1QF Box office: 01793 601700 www.swindondance.org.uk
Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 November at The Curve, Leicester, 60 Rutland St, Leicester LE1 1SB Box office: 0116 242 3595 www.curveonline.co.uk
Thursday 13 November at Pavilion Dance South West, Bournemouth, Westover Road, Bournemouth BH1 2BU Box office: 01202 203630 www.pdsw.org.uk
