by Courtney Escoyne | Apr 20, 2026 | News, Onstage, The Latest
According to choreographer Akram Khan, the most important thing for audiences to understand about his new ballet Lady Macbeth is that “it’s really not Macbeth. It’s its own story as a response to Shakespeare’s Macbeth.” Premiering at Royal Danish Ballet on April 24,...
by Kyra Laubacher | Sep 11, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
This year’s Fall for Dance Festival kicks off New York City Center’s ballet-heavy season with a bang. Running September 16–27, the multi-genre dance festival offers five unique programs that, together, span classical ballet to contemporary, tango, and jookin’. Every...
by Candice Thompson | Jun 8, 2022 | Onstage, The Latest
For Stina Quagebeur, dancing the role of Myrtha in Akram Khan’s Giselle requires a special kind of stamina. “We are on pointe for the majority of Act II,” she says. “It’s demanding, especially on my feet. But it’s also the emotional intensity of the...
by Jeffrey Cirio as told to April Deocariza | Feb 18, 2022 | Onstage, Profiles
Creature, Akram Khan’s third collaboration with English National Ballet, takes audiences to a crumbling Arctic research station, where the title character has been forced into a new experimental program by the military. They test his mental and physical capacity for...
by Toba Singer | Feb 24, 2019 | News, Profiles
This week (Feb 28-Mar. 2), English National Ballet brings Akram Khan’s widely acclaimed Giselle to Chicago’s Harris Theater, the company’s first U.S. appearance in 30 years. Commissioned by ENB artistic director Tamara Rojo, Khan, whose work combines...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Nov 11, 2015 | Company Life
Sylvie Guillem once said, “I have a lucky physique.” Lucky is an understatement; my adjective of choice would be “perfect.” As the Paris Opéra Ballet’s youngest ever étoile, Guillem effaced previous technical standards with...