TOROBAKA
Akram Khan & Israel Galván
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Two firebrands together on stage in a breathtaking mix of Kathak and Flamenco-an explosion of dance and music!
Photo: Jean Louis Fernandez
When two firebrands meet on stage, and the risk-takers in question are Israel Galván and Akram Khan, you know something ground-breaking is going to emerge from the mix...
Israel Galván is an award-winning Flamenco dancer and choreographer who has committed himself to taking his art in new directions. In turn, the charismatic and inventive Akram Khan has worked tirelessly to explore and break down the boundaries between Kathak and contemporary dance.
The roots of their techniques go back centuries, their traditions open up a vast fan of cultures, and yet they fall into step with astonishing ease. For there is an invisible thread, a shared lineage, which connects these two traditions with their foot stamps and circular hand movements, their abrupt rhythmic changes and music produced in part by the dancer’s body.
The two choreographers seek to transcend the obvious and reach the point at which, together, they can break the moulds of their respective cultures from within and create, in an explosion of dance and live music, a performance in which two bodies become one but retain their own idioms as they do so. A production that will delight audiences with its intensity, its precision and the profound experience of freedom it imparts.
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Watch a web documentary about TOROBAKA.
(Co-commissioned by Sadler's Wells and the BBC/Arts Council England digital project The Space, this interactive film created and directed by the talented Maxime Dos offers a valuable insight into the creation of the piece.)
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Credits
Created and performed by
Israel Galván and Akram Khan
Music arranged and performed by
David Azurza Bobote, Christine Leboutte, B C Manjunath
Lighting Designer
Michael Hulls
Costume Designer
Kimie Nakano
Sound
Pedro León
Rehearsal Director
Jose Agudo
Production Coordinator
Amapola López
Production Manager
Sander Loonen
Technical Coordinator
Pablo Pujol
Lighting
Stéphane Déjours
Tour Managers
Amapola López and Mashitah Omar
Producers
Farooq Chaudhry & Bia Oliveira (Khan Chaudhry Productions) and Chema Blanco & Cisco Casado (A Negro Producciones)
Co-produced by
MC2: Grenoble, Sadler’s Wells London, Mercat de les Flors Barcelona,Théâtre de la Ville Paris, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Festival Montpellier Danse 2015, Onassis Stegi - Athens, Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay Singapore, Prakriti Foundation, Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam / Flamenco Biënnale Nederland, Concertgebouw Brugge, HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts Dresden, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Romaeuropa Festival
Sponsored by
COLAS
Produced during residency at
Mercat de les Flors Barcelona and MC2: Grenoble
Supported by
Arts Council England
Associate Artist of Théâtre de la Ville Paris and Mercat de les Flors Barcelona
Israel Galván
Associate Artist of MC2: Grenoble and Sadler's Wells London in a special international co-operation
Akram Khan
Special thanks to
the whole MC2 team, Hervé Le Bouc, Sophie Sadeler, Béatrice Abeille-Robin, Mr. & Mrs. Khan, Yuko Khan, Aditi Mangaldas, Pedro G. Romero, Pandit Lachhu Maharaj, Shlomo and Jacob Galván
World Premiere
MC2: Grenoble, France, 2 June 2014
Spanish Premiere
XXXI Festival de Otoño a Primavera, Madrid, 27 June 2014
UK Premiere
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, 3 November 2014
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