‘KA to me means my spirit, the within, the people who feed my spirit and knowledge itself. KA also symbolises my guardian: ak(KA), my teacher: (KA)vitha’, who, for Shahrin is a catalyst.’ – Shahrin Johry

Shahrin Johry, Assistant Choreographer and Principal Dancer of Maya Dance Theatre, known for its ‘cross-cultural collaborations and integration of Asian traditional dance forms with contemporary dance’ created KA: Knowledge Possesses the Soul of Man, his first full-length dance presented at the Drama Centre, Black Box, on 15th and 16th January 2016.

KA represents a process that transpired over the duration of approximately a year beginning on 9 January 2015 and performed on 15 and 16 January 2016. Shahrin collaborated with a creative team of twleve artists at various times and durations towards KA’s creation.