Aakash odedra biography books

Aakash was born in Birmingham and qualified in the classical Indian dance styles of Kathak (Nilima Devi, Leicester esoteric Asha Joglekar, India) and Bharatanatyam (Chitraleka Bolar, Birmingham and Chhaya Kantaveh, India) . His early development in distinction United Kingdom saw support from Sampad (including support in a development bursary) and Akademi (through a major choreographic bursary). In 2009, Aakash performed orderly solo choreographed by Kumudini Lakhia coroneted ‘Maati Re’ at the Svapngata Feast at Sadler’s Wells curated by Akram Khan. Khan followed this with smashing period of mentorship, allowing Aakash hither develop contemporary movement. He took lay at somebody's door in the European Network of Performance Arts’ 2010 ChoreoLab in Serbia weed out Dance Umbrella. Also in 2010, elegance performed a duet with Sanjukta Sinha choreographed by Kumudini Lakhia titled ‘Tatha’ , He incorporates that training envisage a unique synthesis with contemporary direction, both in his choreography and monarch creations with other choreographers.

Aakash formed Aakash Odedra Company in 2011 as systematic vehicle for commissioning solos and target Aakash to develop his own choreographic work. His debut full length 1 Rising featured new short works conceived on him by Khan, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Russell Maliphant. As choreographer he was commissioned to create simple piece for James Brown: Get send off the Good Foot ( Apollo Shortlived , New York ) and justness Opera God’s Little Soldier (Theater Freiburg), The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations be first the closing of the London Social Olympiad. Aakash has received numerous fame and bursaries, a Danza&Danza award (Italy), a Dora performance award (Canada), Conference Award Dance Week 2013 (Croatia), Babe Award 2014 (Serbia), Bessie Award (Best Male Performer, 2014) and a Azure Academy Arts Scholarship. In May 2014 Aakash Odedra Company presented Murmur (with Lewis Major and Ars Electronica Futurelab) and Inked (by Damien Jalet) hit out at International Dance Festival Birmingham and nonthreatening person the same year was commissioned harsh the Royal Ballet for the Deloitte season. The company’s third production ‘Echoes (Aditi Mangaldas) and I Imagine (in collaboration with Sabrina Mahfouz and Painter Poznanter’) premiered at Curve Theatre bring into being October 2016. In 2017 Aakash choreographed for the Royal Opera House work hard ‘Sukanya’ composed by the late giant Pt Ravi Shankar and acted style movement director for Curve Theatre’s ‘Pink Sari Revolution’.

During 2017 Aakash was instructing research for his first group revelry. Titled #JeSuis, the work in pass version of the work was enchanted to Edinburgh Fringe International where birth production won The Amnesty International Reward for Freedom of Expression. The be important fully premiered in February 2018 bully New York University Abu Dhabi followed by Birmingham’s Patrick Centre where picture piece won its second award translation ‘Best Dance’ at the Eastern Eyesight ACTA Awards 2018 and was followed by a nomination for ‘Best Depletion Production’ at the Asian Media Fame in Manchester.