Move to Live with Akram Khan
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Move to Live with Akram Khan

Season 1
Acclaimed choreographer Akram Khan explores the transformative power of movement in a series of insightful conversations. He delves into the lives of top actors, artists, musicians, and dancers, including stage designer Es Devlin, actor Andy Serkis, violinist Izzy Judd, actor Khalid Abdalla, Royal Ballet Star Francesca Hayward, actor Kathryn Hunter, and more, revealing how movement fuels their ...
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Akram Khan

    June 4, 2024
    24min
    TV-PG
    As a taster for his new series, choreographer and dancer Akram Khan introduces us to his passion for movement and the way it affects everything he does in life. In conversation with Marquee TV’s Director of Content, Susannah Simons.
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  2. S1 E2 - Es Devlin

    June 11, 2024
    51min
    TV-PG
    Akram describes artist and stage designer Es Devlin as a force of both nature and wisdom. In a wide ranging conversation Es reveals to Akram how being sensitive to movement has a profound effect on all her many and varied design projects.
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  3. S1 E3 - Andy Serkis

    June 18, 2024
    59min
    TV-PG
    For decades actor and director Andy Serkis has been at the cutting edge of how the movements and expressions of the human body can merge with animation to create creatures of myth and the imagination, from ''King Kong'' and Caesar from ''Planet of the Apes'' to Tolkien’s Gollum in ''The Lord of the Rings.'' He talks to Akram about his early days acting in theatre repertory where he learned how ...
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  4. S1 E4 - Izzy Judd

    June 25, 2024
    46min
    TV-PG
    Violinist and author Izzy Judd opens up to Akram about the impact that a family tragedy has had on her and the ways she has found to cope. As a past finalist on Britain’s Got Talent and a performer with her husband’s band McFly, she reflects on how a small venue can be more intimidating than a massive stadium. And when it comes to her children learning new skills, how is movement an essential i...
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  5. S1 E5 - Khalid Abdalla

    July 2, 2024
    50min
    TV-PG
    In a wide ranging conversation with Akram, Khalid talks about his multifaceted life as a ‘symphony’ within his body. He was part of the revolutionary crowd in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and describes the experience vividly, while reflecting on the human impact of such demonstrations. We also find out where he feels the most physical freedom and what makes his body ''freeze.''
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  6. S1 E6 - Francesca Hayward

    July 9, 2024
    38min
    TV-PG
    Francesca Hayward joined the Royal Ballet in London at the age of eighteen and since 2016 she has been a Principal dancer. She talks to Akram about her grandmother buying her a ballet video aged three, how the stories she saw enveloped her, and the drama of dance became her all-consuming passion.
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  7. S1 E7 - Kathryn Hunter

    July 16, 2024
    57min
    TV-PG
    Olivier Award-winning Actress and Director Kathryn Hunter is renowned for her work with physical theatre, notably with the pioneering theatre company Complicité, co-founded by her late husband Marcello Magni. She talks to Akram about her work with Marcello and how movement has always been a cornerstone of her approach to acting.
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  8. S1 E8 - Jonzi D

    July 23, 2024
    51min
    TV-14
    Jonzi D discovered the power of dance, drama and storytelling growing up in East London in the 1970s and 80s. He’s gone on to create exciting platforms for people to explore the different manifestations of hip hop - breakdance, music, graffiti, rap, beatboxing and more. And to bring out inner feelings in movement, in expressions of joy and trauma, tension and release. Please note: This episode...
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