If art's purpose is to ask the relevant questions, then British-Bangladeshi dancer Akram Khan successfully interrogates humanity — and himself — with his latest production, "Desh." The production will be staged at the Saitama Arts Theater on Jan. 26 and 27.
Khan, 38, first came to this country as a young prodigy more than 20 years ago.
"I've been to Japan many times since I was 14, when I performed in Peter Brook's 'The Mahabharata,' " he tells The Japan Times. "I fell in love with Japan then, and have always been fascinated by the arts of Japan — butoh, noh — but then many people are."