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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
Birmingham Royal Ballet - The Sleeping Beauty
Two ballet dancers are holding a classic pose. Behind them a performer wears a lacy back dress with one arm reaching out.

Birmingham Royal Ballet - The Sleeping Beauty

Sadler's Wells Theatre
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Lilian Baylis Studio
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Akram Khan in Carnival of Shadows
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