Until the Lions

Met muziek van Beautiful Noise (Vincenzo Lamagna) in samenwerking met Sohini Alam, David Azurza, Yaron Engler, Akram Khan & Christine Joy Ritter

Met muziek van Beautiful Noise (Vincenzo Lamagna) in samenwerking met Sohini Alam, David Azurza, Yaron Engler,

Akram Khan: regie & choreografie
Karthika Nair: narratief concept, tekst & scenario
Tim Yip: visueel ontwerp
Michael Hulls: lichtontwerp
Beautiful Noise (Vincenzo Lamagna) i.s.m. Sohini Alam, C, Yaron Engler, Akram Khan, Christine Joy Ritter: orginele muziek
Ruth Little: dramaturgie
Sasha Milavic Davies: regieassistentie
Jose Agudo: assistentie choreografie
Kathryn Hunter: voice-over

Akram Khan, Ching-Ying Chien & Christine Joy Ritter: dans
Sohini Alam, David Azurza, Yaron Engler, Vincenzo Lamagna: livemuziek


Farooq Chaudhry: producer
Richard Fagan: technische leiding
Sander Loonen: assistantie decorontwerp, productieleiding uitvoering decor
Peter Swikker: technische coördinatie
Marek Pomocki: stage manager
Stéphane Déjours: licht
Julien Deloison: klank
Zak Macro: podiumtechniek
Peggy Housset: assistentie kostuumontwerp en - productie
Blind Summit: ontwerp & uitvoering modelhoofd
Mashitah Omar: project- tourmanagement

productie: Akram Khan Company (in residentie in Sadler's Wells (Londen) & Curve Leicester)
coproductie: Concertgebouw Brugge, Roundhouse/Sadler’s Wells (Londen), MC2: Grenoble, La Comète (Châlons-en-Champagne), Théâtre de la Ville / La Villette (Parijs), Danse Danse/TOHU Montréal, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, New Vision Arts Festival Hong Kong, Taipei Performing Arts Center, Movimentos Festwochen (Wolfsburg), Brighton Festival 2016, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Le Manège de Reims - Scène nationale, Holland Festival (Amsterdam), Romaeuropa Festival (Rome) & Curve (Leicester)
gesponsord door COLAS
met de steun van The Quercus Trust & Arts Council England

Message from COLAS (TO BE INCLUDED IN THE EVENING PROGRAMME)
Since 2010, Akram Khan Company and Colas have been traveling the same road, side by
side. DESH, iTMOi, TOROBAKA, Vertical Road: each of the choreographer’s works combines
traditions and cutting-edge innovation, drawing upon the strength of deep roots united with
the necessary evolution of a message anchored in today’s society.
The clear break from the past appears at the very beginning of the piece, because, for the
first time ever, Akram Khan conveys the voice of a woman, the author of Until the Lions, a
work in which women have been placed at the heart of an epic Indian tale, a role
traditionally bestowed solely upon men. Akram Khan reveals his two heroines, then
gradually transforms them into warriors determined to fulfill their destiny, thus restoring
their status, as well as giving them a major role in the Mahabharata tradition.
Amba, the female character, does not have the right to combat the one who has offended
her. A thirst for vengeance transforms her into a man-warrior, giving her the power to fight
her battle and free herself. Above and beyond the narrative, the power of transformation is
central to Khan’s new choreography. Triggered by the characters’ determination and
obsession with their target, the desire to be at peace with our own ethics changes that
which we take for granted and transformation becomes inevitable.
As is often the case, Akram Khan’s intention has an eerie echo in the business world:
transforming traditional codes is more topical than ever. Transformation is a necessary step
in development, as both a source of impetus and a springboard to renewal.
In the current economic context, Colas has chosen to proudly assert its corporate values, as
a responsible, innovative and pioneering enterprise, by mobilizing its innovative talents to
meet the need to reinvent ourselves.
Hervé Le Bouc, Chairman & CEO

Akram Khan: regie & choreografie
Karthika Nair: narratief concept, tekst & scenario
Tim Yip: visu