In the Lincoln Center Contemporary Dance Festival’s closing week, audience favorite Akram Khan returns to campus with the U.S. premiere of Thikra: Night of Remembering in collaboration with Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Thikra, meaning ‘memory’ or ‘recollection’ in Arabic, is deeply rooted in the power of rituals. With arresting visual design by Manal AlDowayan and Khan’s signature choreographic style—weaving the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam with contemporary—past and present converge in a journey to connect with ancestral knowledge. Imagined as an annual gathering, a tribe of women come together for one night only to awaken the spirits of those who came before them. Through ceremony and shared remembrance, they transcend time, uniting past and present in a profound act of renewal.

Thursday, July 02, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Friday, July 03, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Pre-show talk at 6:15 pm
Audio Description
Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 2:00 pm

Alice Tully Hall
1941 Broadway, New York, NY 10023
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https://lincolncenter.org/series/summer-for-the-city/akram-khan-company