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Series of live performances in the fountain courtyard of Somerset House featuring London-based international artists. Commissioner / Funders: Somerset House Trust, Department of Culture, Media & Sport. Artistic Director: Keith Khan. Performance Director: Greta Mendez. Producer: Janet Waugh. <p>Performers: Nasir Karim, London All Stars Steel Orchestra, Saraswati Academy of Indian Dance, Oduduwa Talking Drummers, Jun Mo Wing Chun, Dhol Academy and Baba Fateh Singh Gatka Group, Amazonas Capoeira, Pasifik Dance Theatre, Mandinga Arts, Jasmine Simhalan.</p>

<p>Performance exploring the reality of Indian call centres through the use of new technologies on stage, weaving between the ancient legend of Aladdin from the 1001 Arabian Nights and identity-blurring phenomena found in the metropolises of Bangalore, London and New York. </p> <p>Through the contemporary phenomenon of international call centres, where Indian operators train intensively to "pass" as Americans, Alladeen highlighted the impact of today's communication industry on global culture though a cross-media performance, an unusual music video and a 'state of the art' website: </br /> http://www.alladeen.com. </p> <p>Co-production with the Builders Association (New York). Presented at Barbican BITE:03, then touring in US and to Bangalore. Awarded an OBIE. Conceived by: Keith Khan, Marianne Weems and Ali Zaidi. UK Producer: Penny Andrews. Executive Producer: Kim Whitener. Performance Director: Marianne Weems. Design: Keith Khan, Ali Zaidi. Sound Composition and Design: Dan Dobson. Original Music: Shrikanth Sriram. Video Design: Christopher Kondek. Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton. Text: Martha Baer. Dramaturg: Norman Frisch. Performers: Rizwan Mirza, Heaven Phillips, Tanya Selvaratnam, Jasmine Simhalan, Jeff Webster. Music Video Director: Ali Zaidi. Producer: Penny Andrews. Video/Edit: Peter Norrman. Composer: Shrikanth Sriram. Artists: James Gibbs/dbox, Petra Goebel, Rainer Jooss, Joe Lawler, Peter Norrman, Ali Zaidi.</p>

<p>Participatory artwork project involving a school from each of the 42 Commonwealth countries and 12 schools in the UK. The schools received project boxes with pre-designed coloured labels for the...

Photographic installation and digital projections in a club environment in Brick Lane, London. Project leader: Ali Zaidi, Indy Selvarajah. Collaborator: Swaraj...

Participatory project telling the life stories of young Asian women from Nottingham. Commissioner/Funder: NOW, in association with APNA Arts. Project leader: Ali Zaidi. Contributor: Tom Hall....

Series of workshops and a masterclass. Commissioner/Funder: Arts Council of England. Project leaders: Keith Khan and Ali Zaidi; collaborators Desperate Optimists, Kobena Mercer. Producer: Karla...

Multi-media installation at Warwick University Arts Centre, exploring issues of identity. Commissioner/Funder: Arts Council of England. Artistic Director: Ali Zaidi; artists: Poulomi Desai, Zineb...

An installation housed in specially commissioned marquees designed to tour to melas and festivals. Commissioners/Funders: Arts Council of England, London Arts Board. Project Leaders: Keith Khan, Ali...

Visual theatre piece presented at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London, using Kathak, Urdu, disco trash, epic staging and playback singing to explore generational shifts between courtesans, the middle generation and contemporary students. <p>Commissioners/Funders: New Collaborations Arts Council of England, Dramaturg scheme London Arts Board, Diverse Acts London Arts Board, London Borough of Newham, London Borough of Waltham Forest, LBGS. Project Leaders: Keith Khan, Ali Zaidi. Collaborators/Artists: Keith Khan, Ali Zaidi, Jo Martin, Shobna Gulati, Gavin O'Shea, Justin O'Shaughnessy, Dolly Dhingra. Performers: Anil Desai, Ronny Jhutti, Sunetra Sarker, Aileen Gonsalves, Kriss Dosanjh, Indira Joshi, Laila Khan, Zita Sattar, Omer Ahmed, Kalpesh Pankhania, Parul Tossar, Smita Nath, Kevin Daley, Shabnam Naaz, Princess Aallyah. Producer: Karla Barnacle-Best.</p>

Series of site-specific installations at eight locations around Brick Lane and Spitalfields markets in East London. Artistic Director: Ali Zaidi; collaborators Steve Ouditt, Salvatore Forino, Dominic...

<p>An exploration of perceptions of black beauty involving spectator participation in an installation and one-to-one engagement with performers. Presented over four years in different venues including as part of the Windrush celebrations in 1998. </p> <p>Commissioned by ICA Live Arts and Copenhagen City of Cultures. Artistic Director: Keith Khan; collaborators Ali Zaidi, Nina Edge, Georgina Evans, Shobna Gulati, Susan Lewis, Princess Aallyah.</p>

<p>Stage performance in which three generations of Asian women reflect on their lives using dance, carnival costumes, scratch-animation and cross-dressing. Originally presented at the Royal Court, London. </p> <p>Commissioners/Funders: Barclays New Stages, New Collaborations. Project leader Keith Khan; collaborators Ali Zaidi, Jo Martin, Gavin O'Shea, Darrell Butlin, Sumant Jayakrishan, Ash Kotak, Masquerade 2000; performers: by Mamta Kaash, Sakuntala Ramanee, Laila Khan, Shobna Gulati, Sumant Jayakrishnan, Princess Aallyah, Pia Khan, Jiva, Raji James, Vivek Trivedi, Siddiqa Akhtar, Nick Khan, Shobna Gulati, Chandidni, Loga, Abdul. Producer: Gill Lloyd for Artsadmin.</p>