Akram Khan’s “Vertical Road”
Akram Khan is, “Like the Madonna of the dance world now…Architects, bus drivers…all of these people who aren’t dancers now know who he is,” says a dancer in the Akram Khan Dance Company in a recent article in the Los Angeles Times. She was commenting on the reaction in the U.K. to the award-winning choreographers’ dance for the opening ceremonies of this summer’s London Olympics. Following its L.A. appearance, Akram Khan Dance comes to Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival October 23 and 24, with the New York premiere of the evening-length, Vertical Road.
