In every culture on earth, dance is a physical, joyfulform of expression and communication. It is, in a way, the worlds most basic common language. My guest today epitomises the ability of dance to cross borders of time and space. Akram khan is british by birth, bangladeshi by Family Heritage and now globally renowned as one of the great contemporary dancers and choreographers. The performances weave together influences from east and west, past and present. How would he define his dance . Akram khan, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, welcome. Seems to me so many of the great professional dancers have been raised in one very strict discipline, one cultural tradition. That isnt quite true of you, is it . Er, no. Iwas. You know, i was born and brought up in london so already i was exposed to many, many different cultural activities from very different backgrounds, but my mother wanted me to learn something from her roots, and not just language, because language was very crucial to her becau
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