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

Culture Club

The Claremont Project
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Dance Digital

Dance Digital - Film Festival

Lilian Baylis Studio
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Onyx Productions - 360 ALLSTARS
Five performers. One drumming, one backflipping, one doing a bike trick, one playing basketball and one doing street dance.

Onyx Productions - 360 ALLSTARS

Peacock Theatre
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Marco da Silva Ferreira - F*cking Future
Eight dancers wearing leather and chainmail sway their bodies.

Marco da Silva Ferreira - F*cking Future

Sadler's Wells East
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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