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The Akram Khan Company is UK based with a truly global focus. Khan's choreography is a dazzling fusion of classical Indian katak and western contemporary dance - dance that is bold, uninhibited, intelligent, inventive and challenging. This hotly anticipated work, originally a collaboration with the National Ballet of China, brings together a superb international cast of dancers. Featuring a score by Nitin Sawhney, bahok, named after a Bengali word meaning ‘carrier’, explores the ways in which the body carries national identity and a sense of belonging. Khan’s dancers come from diverse cultures, traditions and dance backgrounds - Chinese, Korean, Indian, South-African, Slovakian and Spanish - and this rich mix of both spoken and dance language pushes the boundaries of movement vocabulary. Akram Khan Company - Bahok website.