Biography

British South Asian dancer and choreographer born in Birmingham in 1984. He trained in the UK in Bharata Natyam and Kathak, then moved to India as a student of the Bollywood choreographer Shiamak Davar. With Aakash Odedra Company, founded in Leicester in 2011, he has performed over 300 full length productions in 40 countries and several events, including the Queen Elizabeth II: The Diamond Celebration (2012) and the closing ceremony of the London Cultural Olympiad. His 2012 one-man show, "Rising", features works created on him by Akram Khan, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Russell Maliphant. Odedra has received numerous awards and bursaries, including a development grant by Arts Council England, a Sky Academy Arts Scholarship, a Danza&Danza Award in Italy and a Dora Performance Award in Canada.
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He was awarded the BEM (Order of the British Empire Medal) in the 2021 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Dance and to the community in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

Aakash Odedra is dyslexic. In 2014, he attended a TED talk at the TEDGlobal in Rio De Janeiro. He didn't talk but he danced an excerpt of his work "Murmur" in which he explores how the misconceptions of dyslexia can be revealed through movement.

Immerse yourself in the Art and you will find a world that creates magic that lives longer than you or I will.

I love animals and nature, so I feel as an artist I am influenced by the environment around me. Changes in the political climate or environmental change influence my work and thought processes.