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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
HUMANHOOD - Vortex
Six dancers form a circle, reaching and bending at different levels.

HUMANHOOD - Vortex

Sadler's Wells East
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Family Freestyle at Sadler's Wells East
Three adults and two children in casual clothes. They are holding musical shakers in both hands.

Family Freestyle at Sadler's Wells East

Sadler's Wells East
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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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My Fierce Ignorant Step - Christos Papadopoulos
Seven performers move left together, wearing blue‑accented costumes.

My Fierce Ignorant Step - Christos Papadopoulos

Sadler's Wells Theatre
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Akram Khan in Carnival of Shadows
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