Aakash Odedra Company

Based in Leicester, Aakash Odedra Company exists to deliver exceptional creative experiences for audiences and participants and to help create a society that is happier and healthier through dance and the arts. We want to ensure that our dance work reflects excellence, removes barriers to access outstanding dance and art, and makes art and dance education opportunities more widely available. Our mission is to create dance works through a synthesis of kathak, bharatanatyam, contemporary, and Bollywood-jazz that pushes boundaries, responding to and drawing inspiration from contemporary issues. Bilingual in classical and contemporary dance, we use the voice of British-Asian experience to translate ancient and contemporary movement languages to tell new stories relevant to today. Our location within Leicester’s international communities has allowed us to be more aware of, and pro-active about, the opportunities of multiple heritages and the importance of a culture of accessibility, social justice, messaging, and making people feel welcome. Aakash Odedra is an Associate Artist at Curve Leicester and Birmingham Hippodrome. Aakash Odedra Company is a National Partner Organisation of Sadler’s Wells and one of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Organisations.