Akram Khan, one of the UK’s most feted contemporary dancers, is to retire from full-length performances with a piece marking the centenary of the first world war. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Akram Khan performing with Sylvie Guillem in Sacred Monsters at Sadler’s Wells in 2006. Xenos will premiere at Sadler’s Wells in London next spring, 16 years after the debut of his first full-length production, Kaash. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A scene from Dust by Akram Khan from Lest We Forget by English National Ballet, 2014, which also commemorated the first world war. Sadler’s Wells has also published its latest annual review which reports that in 2016-17 there were 912 performances to a total audience of 700,000 worldwide.

Source: The Guardian October 09, 2017 04:52 UTC