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JTI Romania invites you to the sixteenth edition of the JTI Meetings event. Akram Khan Dance Company will perform the Kaash production on the stage of the Grand Hall of the National Theater of Bucharest, on 8^th and 9^th May, starting at 20:00. We are talking about a revival of the production, which had its international premiere last year. When it was originally premiered, in 2002, the Kaash (it is the Hindu word for if) production fascinated both the public and the critics. A show which shook the world, as The Daily Star wrote, whereas The Times of London highlighted its superbly synchronized expressivity, and The Daily Telegraph inspiredly noted: Kaash makes you shiver with emotion. The Guardian has described the Kaash production as an exploration of the Universe in 55 minutes, and Akram Khan as a dark star of the dance.

Kaash occupies a very special place in our hearts. The new troupe, consisting of five international artists, shall cast a different light and energy on the play, which focuses on the physical shape and precision, which is, I believe, a great revelation of 2014, affirmed Akram Khan about the revived production. As the artist himself explains, the Hindu gods, black holes, Indian temporal cycles, the concept of creation and destruction have been the starting points for Kaash, perpetuating the attempt to build bridges between the contemporary dance and the Kathak Indian classical dance form.

In only fourteen years, Akram Khan Dance Company has become one of the most innovative dance companies in the world. The Company has a major international presence and goes on tours which reach out to many cultures across the globe. Akram Khan has received numerous international dance awards, such as the Laurence Olivier Award, in 2012. The artist is currently a practitioner-in-residence at the University of the Arts London, an associate artist at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London andthe Grenoble Theatre in France, and he also collaborates with other leading festivals around the world.

The JTI Meetings event, which was initiated by the famous ballet company Béjart Ballet Lausanne in 2000,has hosted renowned dancers, choreographers and ballet companies ever since, such as: Nacho Duato and the Spanish National Dance Company, the Cullberg Ballet, Joaquín Cortés, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Tango Pasión, the Monte-Carlo Ballet, Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant, Gigi Căciuleanu and the Chilean National Ballet, the Alonzo King LINES Ballet of San Francisco, the Vortice Dance Company, Maria Pagés and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.

The JTI Meetings event is once again organized by the Art Production Foundation, with the artistic counseling of Silvia Ghiță.

We are looking forward to meet you at the JTI Meetings event!

The tickets are available in the Eventim network (Orange, Vodafone, Germanos, and Domo shops and Cărturești and Humanitas bookstores) and online on www.eventim.ro.

Translated by: Izabela – Elvira Vațe

MTTLC, The University of Bucharest