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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
English National Ballet - My First Ballet: Cinderella
A cartoon with woodland animals, a castle and a girl in ballet shoes wearing an apron and holding a broom.

English National Ballet - My First Ballet: Cinderella

Sadler's Wells East
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Pina Bausch / Meryl Tankard - Kontakthof - Echoes of '78
Seven performers in formal dress walk in a circle in a spacious room.

Pina Bausch / Meryl Tankard - Kontakthof - Echoes of '78

Sadler's Wells Theatre
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The Nelken Line by Pina Bausch
A group of people walks in a line through a green city park with their arms raised, while others relax on the grass in the background. Urban buildings frame the scene.

The Nelken Line by Pina Bausch

Sadler's Wells East
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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 black and white still from the illustrated film. Two men stand in a garden in trousers, shirts and ties, holding hands and raising them.

Breathless Puppets

Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage

Choreographed by Akram Khan and directed by Naaman Azhari, this powerful short film tells the story of two men with a passion for dance who reconnect through the tragedy of the pandemic.

Breathless Puppets