Portraits in Otherness is a new platform initiated by Akram Khan and his producer Farooq Chaudhry, seeking to transfer the intangible values and philosophy of Akram Khan Company to a new generation of talents.

They invite four highly charismatic and distinctive dance artists to present their solo work: Joy Alpuerto Ritter, Ching-Ying Chien, Dickson Mbi and Maya Jilan Dong, each embodying the echoes and primitive beauty of many dance languages both learned and inherited.