gig alert! akram khan + nitin sawhney – Confluence

Awesome!

Today I get an email from the fab people at Sadler’s Well notifying me of a unique Nitin Sawhney gig!

Confluence is the title of new collaboration between Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney.

What is it about:

The highly acclaimed Confluence fuses Sawhney’s music with Khan’s unique blend of classical Kathak and contemporary technique. Exploring how the independent stories of these two kindred spirits converged, Confluence offers the opportunity to re-visit their collaborative work together (Kaash, zero degrees and bahok) but it is more than simply a retrospective of their previous pieces. It is an exploration of the nature and fabric of creativity itself. (taken from the website)

Dates: 20 July –  24 July 2010

Location: Sadler’s Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London

Purchase Tickets here: SADLER’S WELL

photo by Elliott Franks

This is great news brilliant news, I’ve only ever seen them perform together once, the track Prophesy at the 2007 BBC PROMS at the Royal Albert Hall.

A stunning show, but this finale was the icing on the cake, Nitin Sawhney on the acoustic guitar, maestro Aref Durvesh on the tabla and Akram Khanperforming a contemporary Kathak piece with a difference.

Khan wore Ghungrus (feet bells) around the ankles, in order to intensify acoustically the rhythmic movements of the feet which created a jaw dropping performance!

Stellar Piece!