Vertical Road / Akram Khan Company - trailer

Find out more: www.akramkhancompany.net/productions/vertical-road-2010/
In Vertical Road Khan has assembled a cast of very special performers from across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. With a specially commissioned score by long-term collaborator composer, Nitin Sawhney, Vertical Road draws inspiration from the Sufi tradition and the Persian poet and philosopher Rumi. Exploring man's earthly nature, his rituals and the consequences of human actions, Vertical Road becomes a meditation on the journey from gravity to grace.
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[@dancertimw]

Vertical Road is a piece that moved me so deeply. It had a profound effect on me and it's images are still deeply engrained within my mind. Before the performance began i had a group of people sitting near me who were chatting one said "Oh, is this contemporary dance? Wake me up if i fall asleep". After the performance that woman was sitting there with tears falling from her face and could only utter the words "Amazing, Beautiful" to her friends..

[@vilijazaveckiene3025]

profound..

[@firecraftfc8816]

Si vous passez par la monsieur jousseaume sachez que je fait votre travail demandé même si j’ai un peu la flemme

[@guilhermethevines5656]

moi aussi pti con

[@ChristianPoiriercp]

Jamais de pleine chorégarphies sur you tube; Que des estraits.

[@Much7]

i nearly cried after watching Vertical Road. Thank you very much for this incredibly amazing performance. No words can be describe! i can feel the commitment and the energy, AMAZING! my friend cried after watching this, she was sitting in the front role in the middle, she was so overwhelmed and touched :") THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I have to say 'Vertical Road' is by far the Best Dance performance I've ever seen!

[@luluberlu00003]

Thanks a lot :) I work in a theater, I saw a lot of performance but this one was the best that i've seen in my life. I was nearly to cry, for the first time i was really transported, i was not in the theatre anymore, not even on the earth, i was somewhere else. I will be there for the next performance and i hope refund this same great feeling....Thank you so much ;)

[@angelzipp]

I was transformed. I left the theater with a warm, pulsating soul. What a splendor! A dance able to speak, to create emotions. Free of rules (classical ballet is just beautiful, esthetically - it can't burst in flames and feelings like that) the movements, the bodies and the lights of this show are ripping off any kind of ice from a soul. Purity of movements, like dervishes spins, I felt I was fighting demons and making love same time. Thank you!

[@daudbangla]

বুলবুল চৌধুরী'র পরে বাংলাদেশে তেমন কোন প্রতিভা চোখে পড়ে নাই, খান তো বাংলাদেশে বাইড়া উঠে নাই তারপরেও তারে শুভেচ্ছা

[@cosakaguchi]

I saw them yesterday In Marseille (France) just awesome and incredible! So intense, and vibrating. Very profond and immersive.

[@vojtechbrtnicky7250]

I'am a photographer of Tanec Praha(contemporary dance festival in Czech Rep.)and I will never ever forget when I was taking pics on the full rehersal of this performance(in 2010). Only three people in the whole auditory, and there energy was ripping us apart.

[@flashdance33]

Every second was mesmerising! Thank you for performing at George Town Festival 2011, Penang.

[@angiedlt7536]

Song??

[@crustycapoeirista]

@dantheoriginator if the powers that be spent less on nuclear weapons, then maybe you would get some public money and not be so cynical.

[@angelzipp]

I didn't know a thing about Akram Khan and about the show. I really don't know why I bought the tickets, first hand. So I entered the theater in a "cold" state of mind. I don't want to talk about it. Anyway... it's more to feel than to talk, here. The idea is...

[@luluberlu00003]

Merci beaucoup :) je travail dans un théâtre, j'ai vu pas mal de pièce dans ma vie et celle ci fut la meilleur jusqu' aujourd'hui.Au bord des larmes, pour la première fois j'ai vraiment été transporté, je n'étais plus au théâtre ni même sur cette terre, j'étais ailleurs. Je serai là au prochain spectacle avec l'espoir de retrouver cette sensation si agréable... un tout grand merci

[@MrReamr]

Arte é tudo que permanece

[@CieMicantis]

Ouahhhhhhhh ! Ce soir ils étaient à Grenoble (France). L'enivrement à l'état pur de découvrir les prodigieux danseurs interprètes dé-chainés et comme possédés, la chorégraphie est époustouflante, le spectacle renversant... sensationnel !! Une standing ovation qui aurait pu durer encore, et encore, MERCI ;-))

[@Sarahfencing]

Ils étaient à Clermont-Ferrand hier, et je ne peux qu'approuver @CieMicantis . Puissance et maitrise étaient les maitres mots . J'étais plus que subjuguée . Une performance impressionnante , des danseurs et une chorégraphie exceptionnelles : un spectacle qui nous transporte, tout bonnement .

[@alishraut6434]

Awesome may i know the dance style???

[@ydnewydennek]

An amazing performance in Ottawa last night. I won't pretend to understand it all but I was moved. I see a painting in my future.

[@Lililesbonbons]

C'était beau. Extraordinaire. A la sortie, je pleurais. Merci pour ce merveilleux moment. Merci.

[@jamierobinson6291]

wow

[@Peggysmusic]

My husband, my sister-in-law and another friend were among the audeince members. The show was completely fantastic!

[@raitonis]

I need that music! Just came home from their performance in Tunisia. Not bad at all.

[@eraclita]

love it... a new step, for dance... New movement and a deep dramaturgie... Thanks....

[@viennaman69]

saw it yesterday in Vienna, at the Impulse Dance Festival; amazing,fantastic, wonderfull!

[@cherrybobble]

does anyone know the name of the thing they are wearing?

[@Bong7BSide]

What an inspiration! Saw it yesterday in Hamburg - phantastic performance!

[@MyMysterie]

I have seen this show in Amsterdam last week. It's really beautifull and moving!

[@lilspider8481]

I don't particular like this style of dance but I can definitely appreciate it.

[@konfutik]

I was on this performance yesterday in Abu Dhabi. Something amazing . Thank you Akram

[@GEMMANOULO]

Super great work great performers fine music

[@michalreynaud1422]

lifetime experience...such a divine performance

[@supriya55]

what a wonderful concept! will go watch!

[@TheUserUndefined]

was great meeting this guy... :P

[@tigerseye191]

Vertical Road is just incredible

[@NATSYGIRL1]

enormous effort :) well done

[@juhaalhakim6280]

Amazing

[@amitkumar-id1rj]

wow superb