Jungle Book Reimagined

“We are  now living in unprecedented and uncertain times, not only for our  species but for all species on this planet. And the root cause of this  conundrum is because we have forgotten our connection to our home, our  planet. We all inhabit it, we all take from it, and we all build on it,  but we have forgotten to return our respect for it.”
– Akram Khan

Akram Khan’s Jungle Book reimagined is  a new work based on the much-loved story by Rudyard Kipling. With a new  sense of urgency, Akram 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.

Embedded in the roots of Jungle Book is the deep threat that  mankind poses towards nature. Akram and his team have reimagined the  journey of Mowgli through the eyes of a refugee caught in a world  devastated by the impact of climate change. They tell the story of a  child who will help us to listen again, not to our voices but to the  voices of the natural world that we, the modern world, try to silence. Jungle Book reimagined speaks to all generations as a step to remind, to relearn and to reimagine a new world together.

Source: Akram Khan Company

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