New adaptation of The Jungle Book reimagines hero Mowgli as young refugee girl

New adaptation of The Jungle Book reimagines hero Mowgli as young refugee girl

The Straits Times - Lifestyle·2024-03-05 01:03

SINGAPORE – “Why does Mowgli always have to be a boy?”

It was this simple question from Akram Khan’s daughter, then aged eight, which inspired the renowned English dancer and choreographer of Bangladeshi descent to retell The Jungle Book – not from the perspective of an orphan boy, but from that of a young refugee girl.

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