Khan's other works

Question 1

2000

Answer 1

Loose in Flight

Khan is loosening the bolts of kathak and experimenting with bringing the two styles together.

• Mostly rooted in kathak and contemporary
• Solo piece created for himself
• Dance for film set in London- highly diverse location
• In the first section set in the basement, Khan is stood with his feet together and he throws his arms up to fifth. With a sharp dynamic he opens his arms to second position with palms up. In the location on top of the building, he repeats this movement but develops it so he jumps up as he throws his arms up he jumps and as he opens his arms he steps out. This helps to show the way that contemporary allows more freedom compared to the confines of Kathak.

Question 2

2000

Answer 2

Rush

A purely abstract work inspired by the observation of paragliders and the physical state between tremendous speed and serene stillness.

Evidence of:

• Kathak
• Eurcrash rolls
• Pedestrian movement
• Hortizontal shafts of light
• The dancers are in a squat position hinged on a diagonal at the hips, the arms hanging down vertically. The dancers are still, resembling a paraglider contemplating their fate before they jump. They stand up and perfrom backwards arm circles and the extreme speed that theyre performed at could represent the rush of air.

Question 3

2002

Answer 3

Kaash

• Khan’s first full length work performed by five dancers.
• Starting points included Hindu Gods, Indian time cycles and the idea of creation and destruction
• Collaborated with Nithin Sawhney

Question 4

2004

Answer 4

Ma

• His second full length piece for 7 dancers

Question 5

2005

It suggests that there is also a flip side to stardom. Having to live up to the expectations of your audience to be perfect at a very young age can have implications on childhood. There is no room for failure, imperfections, to express one’s real feelings and emotions and it can be seen that the divine status becomes inhuman, monstrous.

• Standing facing eachother in a jazz fourth position with the left leg forwards. They grab each others forearms and then Guillem pushes Khan away as if play fighting. This brings back the idea of a lost childhood and being free to play fight without the worry of professionalism. Khan then falls back in to a hyper extension and recovers as Guillem grabs his left ear with her right hand, pulling him towards her. As she does this she also wags her finger at him as if telling off a naughty child. This reflects the way that they always had to be on their best behaviour and there was no room to act as children

Answer 5

Sacred Monsters

Question 6

2011

Answer 6

Desh

DESH meaning ‘homeland’ in Bengali, draws multiple tales of land, nation, resistance and convergence into the body and voice of one man trying to find his balance in an unstable world. Moving between Britain and Bangladesh, Khan weaves threads of memory, experience and myth into a surreal world of surprising connection.

• Interactive screen that moves and interacts to create impression of rain and an elephant to name a few
• Faces drawn on the top of his heas