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Over the last 25 years, Akram Khan Company has established itself as one of the foremost innovative dance companies in the world. Embracing an artistic vision that both respects and challenges Indian kathak form and contemporary dance.

24 April - 4 June 2026

Akram makes his full-length ballet debut in Denmark with the Royal Danish Ballet, reimagining Shakespeare’s dark tragedy, Macbeth.

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Creature

Creature is an unearthly tale of exploitation and human frontiers inspired by Georg Büchner’s expressionist classic Woyzeck, with shadows of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Drawing on themes of abandonment, isolat

Creature is an unearthly tale of exploitation and human frontiers inspired by Georg Büchner’s expressionist classicWoyzeck, with shadows of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Drawing ...

Trespassing Humanity

“Confronted with a tragic second wave of the pandemic, the current challenges that India is facing are critical. Whilst media coverage focuses on urban cities, the outbreak that is now spreading through villages and marginalised communities means that numbers are undocumented.

“Confronted with a tragic second wave of the pandemic, the current challenges that India is facing are critical. Whilst media coverage focuses on urban cities, the outbreak that...

Portraits in Otherness

Curated by Akram Khan and Company producer Farooq Chaudhry, Portraits in Otherness initiated a new chapter in Akram Khan Company’s history as it transferred the intangible value of its legacy to a new generation of dance artists.

“Dancing still remains the most significant reasons why I still want to connect with the Other, why I want to listen to the Other, why I want to learn from the Other. And ...

iTMOi

  iTMOi (in the mind of igor) “In this work, I am interested in the dynamics of how Stravinsky transformed the classical world of music by evoking emotions through patterns...

XENOS

‘Whose war? Whose fire? Whose hand is this?’ Xenos by Jordan Tannahill Akram’s most anticipated solo, XENOS, marks his final performances as a dancer in a full-lengt...

"A coming together of people of all generations, cultures and varied or no dance experience... We are humbled by the response and celebrate the sense of unity that this process has provided us during these challenging times."

- Mavin Khoo

Our Animal Kingdom

We are so proud to present the Our Animal Kingdom film. It is the culmination of self exploration during a long stretch of confinement. Our video artist Maxime Dos has woven all...

"Twenty years on, it still feels like we're just beginning. It's exhilarating and beautiful to feel this way."

- Farooq Chaudhry

Carnival of Shadows

"Sadler's Wells Theatre has been my dancing home for the last 16 years I hold our longstanding relationship with Alistair and the staff at Sadler's with great respect an...

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