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Review - Bahok, Liverpool Playhouse
Posted by Stephen
Bahok is a Bengali word meaning “carrier”, and it is also the title chosen by Akram Khan, the choreographer, for his latest work, which opened a British tour at the Liverpool Playhouse last weekend, following its world premiere in Beijing in January. The kudos is apt for Liverpool as European Capital of Culture. And why Beijing? Because Bahok is a new example of cross-cultural exchange with China - a first-time collaboration between Khan’s London-based contemporary dance troupe and the National Ballet of China, which is that country’s flagship classical company and here testing different waters.
Source : TimesOnline
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Author : David Dougill

Bahok is a Bengali word meaning “carrier”, and it is also the title chosen by Akram Khan, the choreographer, for his latest work, which opened a British tour at the Liverpool Playhouse last weekend, following its world premiere in Beijing in January. The kudos is apt for Liverpool as European Capital of Culture. And why Beijing? Because Bahok is a new example of cross-cultural exchange with China - a first-time collaboration between Khan’s London-based contemporary dance troupe and the National Ballet of China, which is that country’s flagship classical company and here testing different waters.