Akram Khan's dance company is 20 this year and there is much to look back on. Khan was born in London in 1974 to a Bangladeshi family and started learning the Indian classical dance form of kathak at 4 years old when his mother taught him. He has created a wealth of work based on his expertise in both kathak and contemporary dance. His teacher Sri Pratap Pawar advised Khan that he could use kathak for modern dance but not the other way around. Some of Khan's many pieces are Until the Lions, Kaash, DESH, Vertical Road, Sacred Monsters, Gnosis and Zero Degrees.
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