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Carnival of Shadows The beginning of a third decade of storytelling

Over the past 20 years, Akram Khan Company has become a platform that retells ancient myths to speak to us now and constantly reinvents itself in order to reflect the world as it changes.

Akram Khan in Carnival of Shadows
The Center Will Not Hold – A Dorrance Dance Production
Ten performers wearing black and stretching their arms out in different gestures.

The Center Will Not Hold – A Dorrance Dance Production

Sadler's Wells Theatre
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A group of older women dancers all wearing red tops and accessories, dancing on The Dance Floor at Sadler's Wells East

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Sadler's Wells East
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Shobana Jeyasingh Dance - We Caliban
Three performers wearing black with white dots on their faces, holding hands and pulling. There is lightening around them.

Shobana Jeyasingh Dance - We Caliban

Sadler's Wells East
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Birmingham Royal Ballet - Don Quixote
Dancer in red lace dress leaping into split, castanets raised, sunset orange floral background.

Birmingham Royal Ballet - Don Quixote

Sadler's Wells Theatre
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Akram Khan in Carnival of Shadows
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