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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
Russell Maliphant Dance Company - Landscapes
On a dark stage, the camera captures blurred movements from a dancer

Russell Maliphant Dance Company - Landscapes

Sadler's Wells East
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Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends
A dancer suspended mid-air in a powerful leap, set against a vivid red, pink and purple gradient backdrop

Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends

Sadler's Wells Theatre
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Culture Club
A group of adults participate in a movement class indoors, following an instructor and raising their arms in unison.

Culture Club

Sadler's Wells Theatre
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Elmhurst Ballet Company - Odyssey
Dancers of the Elmhurst Ballet School performing on stage

Elmhurst Ballet Company - Odyssey

Lilian Baylis Studio
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Akram Khan in Carnival of Shadows
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