YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. "First I have read about Armenia this morning in the encyclopedia. Of course, it is little for completely getting acquainted with a people having a centuries-old history and strong culture," Akram Khan, the manager and dancing-master of "Akram Khan" British modern dance group, declared at the September 12 press conference held in Yerevan. According to the cheif dancing-master of the dance group, before coming to Armenia they performed on tour in Georgia. They are in Armenia for the first time and the impression is warm and reassuring. "I hope that the Armenian spectator will like our dance," Akram Khan mentioned. The group will present its last work, "Ma," to the Yerevan spectator. Dancers together will musicians, a cellist, a drummer, and a singer will represent the relations between maternity, people and earth. The essays by Indian novellist Arundhati Roy are the basis of the work showing Indian villagers' life, how they were deprived of their land by force. "Ma" means the mother of the land or earth. The work is aimed at once more expressing the voice of the land and earth, which is rudely denied by the civilization," the art worker mentioned. According to Akram Khan, the dance created by him synthesizes cultures of 2 countries, national dances of India and Bangladesh, as well as fuses classical and modern dancing art: "This modern dancing style is a peculiar display of reaffirmation of my generation. The synthesis of classical and modern dances unanimously brings a new positive display: the traditional is kept and at the same time the new is created. To recap, on September 13 and 14 the "Akram Khan" dance group will perform at A.Spendiarian National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet at the invitation of the British Council.

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