The Akram Tree

The Akram Tree is a journey through the personal and professional world of the britishbangladeshi coreographer and dancer Akram Khan My intelligence is in my body says Akram himself a body built by acute observations of the reality legends and unceasing work here well represented by Gnosis a pièce realized in collaboration with seven artists expressely discovered in different parts of the world These traditions and experimentations from India Japan Pakistan England Egypt Iraq and Bangladesh collaborate together to create a work between classic indian kathak and contemporary dance The film portrays the story of this peculiar human and artistic adventure often transcending the narration for the sake of a more visionary look influenced by the location where the documentary has been shot the futuristic and conflictive city of Abu Dhabi with its desertic and metaphysical surroundings