Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan - Sacred Monsters
Please note that these are rescheduled performances. Tickets for the original performances of 12th and 13th May 2008 will NOT BE VALID for these shows - if you have a ticket for the original dates and would like to exchange to these new dates, please contact the ticket office on 0844 412 4300 or at ticket.office@sadlerswells.com
Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan, two of today's pre-eminent dance talents, return with one of last years highlights, Sacred Monsters.
- "Sacred Monsters unites two ravishingly beautiful movers from opposing classical disciplines - ballet and kathak - and takes them to amazing places neither has gone before. An extraordinary meeting of minds and bodies **** "
- THE TIMES
- "An exhilarating evening of humour, charm and extraordinary tenderness ***** "
- THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Sacred Monsters also features additional choreography by Gauri Sharma Tripathi and Lin Hwai-min, Artistic Director of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, and music specially created by Philip Sheppard which is played live on stage.
- "A five-star display of speed, precision and power"
- THE GUARDIAN
Sylvie Guillem is a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist
Akram Khan is a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist
Co-produced by Sadler's Wells, Les Nuits de Fourviere/Département du Rhône (Lyon) the Grand Theatre de Luxembourg and Missno Limited with the generous support of Arts Council England, The Quercus Trust and The Bell Cohen Charitable Trust.
Please note these performances will be being filmed
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