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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
Murmuration Level 2 - Sadeck Berrabah
Forty people stand in formation, ten per row. In the center, a solo performer. Everyone has their arms held to form a 90 degree angle.

Murmuration Level 2 - Sadeck Berrabah

Peacock Theatre
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Dancing at Dusk on Digital Stage

Dancing at Dusk on Digital Stage

Michael Keegan-Dolan / Teaċ Daṁsa - How to be a Dancer in Seventy-two Thousand Easy Lessons
A person performs a dramatic dance pose on stage with bare feet, surrounded by ladders, a chair, and a large empty frame against a dark brick wall.

Michael Keegan-Dolan / Teaċ Daṁsa

Sadler's Wells East
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Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui - Vlaemsch (chez moi)
A dancer in a white dress arches backward dramatically on stage, surrounded by others holding frames.

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui - Vlaemsch (chez moi)

Sadler's Wells Theatre
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Akram Khan in Carnival of Shadows
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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