Akram Khan is a contemporary dance choreographer generating work based in both Kathak and modern dance. He is the artistic director of the Akram Khan Company.
At a young age Akram began learning Bengali folk dancing from his morther and studied Kathak under Sri Pratap Pawar. As a chi
David Parsons is the artistic director of Parsons Dance, for which he has created over 70 works. Before founding Parsons Dance, he was a lead dancer in The Paul Taylor Dance company.
One of Parsons' signature pieces, Caught, employs the use of strobe lighting to create the illusion that the dan