The beating heart of South Asian dance in the UK

Celebrating 40 years in 2019

We Perform

We create extraordinary dance performances for audiences across the UK and beyond.

We Develop

We nurture the UK’s next generation of South Asian dancers and choreographers.

We Inspire

We inspire, educate and engage people of all ages through pioneering participatory work.

Current Projects

Akademi Heritage Project

Unerathing and celebrating Akademi’s vital contribution in establishing the dynamic South Asian Dance sector that exists in the UK today.

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Akademi Dance-Film Festival

On 19 & 20 March 2021, Akademi Dance-Film Festival celebrated the best of South Asian dance on screen, featuring curated films, talks and short films specially commissioned by Akademi during the lockdown.

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Reach Out and Reveal

A pioneering new initiative placing South Asian dancers at schools for young people with Special Educational Needs.

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Dance Well

A three-year project helping older adults to become more active through participating in South Asian dance.

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Recent News

Plastic Drastic Fantastic

Akademi and Polka have joined forces to co-produce Plastic Drastic Fantastic, a contemporary dance theatre work for children and their families which explores our complex relationship with plastics – the fantastic possibilities they offer, as well as the drastic...

Artist Call Out

Are you a dancer/practitioner trained in South Asian dance forms? Want to know more about working with the community and growing your practice? Akademi are a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to redefining the parameters of South Asian dance as an art form. We...

Dance Film Commission

Akademi and Watermans are commissioning an artist / small collective working with South Asian dance forms to create a new dance film based on issues around climate change.

Highlights

On 19 & 20 March 2021, Akademi Dance-Film Festival celebrated some of the best South Asian Dance on screen.

Akademi Dance-Film Festival 2021

Unearthing and celebrating Akademi’s vital contribution in establishing the dynamic South Asian dance sector that exists in the UK today.

Akademi Heritage Project

Artist Advisory Group

Reach Out and Reveal

Recent News

Plastic Drastic Fantastic

Plastic Drastic Fantastic

Sep 9, 2021

Akademi and Polka have joined forces to co-produce Plastic Drastic Fantastic, a contemporary dance theatre work for children and their families which explores our complex relationship with plastics – the fantastic possibilities they offer, as well as the drastic...