Jungle Book reimagined

An Akram Khan Company Production Presented by Canadian Stage

By Akram Khan

A stunning piece of contemporary dance that the whole family will love

With a new sense of urgency, the world-renowned Akram Khan has reinterpreted this known story from another perspective, through the lens of today’s children – those who will inherit our world and become our future storytellers.

With spectacular technology that turns the stage into a mythical world, this Jungle Book reimagines the journey of Mowgli through the eyes of a refugee caught in a world devastated by the impact of climate change. This family-friendly epic dance work speaks to all generations as a step to remind, to relearn and to reimagine a new world together.

Suggested for children aged 8+ years.

Jungle Book reimagined feels like a
blockbuster cinematic experience with a powerful
message for us all. It’s truly exceptional. – The Stage

Simultaneously engaging, sobering, transfixing,
and hopeful – The Sunday National

schedule

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thursday / oct 12

8:00pm

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friday / oct 13

1:00pm

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8:00pm

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saturday / oct 14

2:00pm

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Created by

Akram Khan

Creative Associate & Coach

Mavin Khoo

Written by

Tariq Jordan

Dramaturgical Advisor

Sharon Clark

Composer

Jocelyn Pook

Sound Designer

Gareth Fry

Lighting Designer

Michael Hulls

Visual Stage Designer

Miriam Buether

Art Direction & Director of Animation

Adam Smith

Animation Motion Design by

Joshua Ingleby

Producer & Director of Video Design

Nick Hillel

Rotoscope Artists & Animators

Naaman Azhari
Natasza Cetner
Edson R Bazzarin

Rehearsal Directors

Nicky Henshall
Andrew Pan
Angela Towler

Dancers

Lucia Chocarro
Tom Davis-Dunn
Harry Theadora Foster
Thomasin Gülgeç,
Max Revell
Matthew Sandiford
Pui Yung Shum
Fukiko Takase
Holly Vallis
Vanessa Vince-Pang
Jan Mikaela Villaneuva
Luke Watson

With the support of Garfield Weston Foundation and Genesis Foundation

Supported by Arts Council England

Special thanks to Sue Buckmaster, The Coronet Theatre & University of Roehampton

Co-produced by Curve Leicester, Birmingham Hippodrome, Edinburgh International Festival, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay Singapore, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Maison de la Danse / Pôle européen de création – Lyon, National Arts Centre – Canada, New Vision Arts Festival – Hong Kong, Orsolina28, Pfalzbau Bühnen – Theater im Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen, Romaeuropa Festival, Sadler’s Wells London, Stanford Live / Stanford University, Teatros del Canal – Madrid, théâtre de Caen, Théâtr