San Francisco Performances (Venue Partner)
1300 Evans St
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Akram Khan Company
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Thursday Feb 18, 2010 (8–9:30pm)
Friday Feb 19, 2010 (8–9:30pm)
Saturday Feb 20, 2010 (8–9:30pm)
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- Price
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$39/$27
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San Francisco Performances and YBCA join together to present celebrated Bangladeshi-British choreographer Akram Khan, who brings Bahok to San Francisco. Named after a Bengali word meaning ‘carrier’, bahok explores the ways in which the body carries national identity and a sense of belonging. Eight dancers from diverse cultures, traditions and dance backgrounds – Chinese, Korean, Indian, Slovakian, South African and Spanish – act out their attempts to communicate through dramatic dance and spoken vocabulary as they wait out their airport limbo, their destination unknown. Khan joins forces with long-time musical collaborator Nitin Sawhney, renowned for his multi award-winning compositions, who has created an original score for bahok. Originally a collaboration between the Akram Khan Company and the National Ballet of China, bahok is dance and storytelling inspired by the exploration of cultural identity in a globalised world.
