Maurice Bejart made his debut as a dancer and later as a choreographer in Paris.  After meeting Igor Stravinsky, in 1959, Bejart choreographed his "Rite of Spring" for Maurice Huisman, the new director of Theater Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. This project paved the way for his own company,

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