Skip to main content

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
London Vocational Ballet School - Forces of Nature
Young dancers from the London Vocational Ballet School pose for a studio photoshoot in costume

London Vocational Ballet School - Forces of Nature

Lilian Baylis Studio
Get Tickets
Compañía Marco Flores - Rayuela
A male flamenco dancer steps and claps while two musicians play behind him

Compañía Marco Flores - Rayuela

Sadler's Wells East
Get Tickets
Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu’s Our Mighty Groove
Three images separated by neon lights. Three performers are dancing and back lit in a bright colour, blue, purple, pink.

Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu’s Our Mighty Groove

Sadler's Wells East
Get Tickets
Noda Map - 320°F
A performer jumps at the centre of a circle formed by others holding hands, creating an arched shape on a dark stage.

Noda Map - 320°F

Sadler's Wells Theatre
Get Tickets

Play trailer

Akram Khan in Carnival of Shadows
Play Video
Play Video