Royal Danish Ballet’s Lady Macbeth: Akram Khan works his magic again

Meirambek Nazargozhayev as Macbeth and Stephanie Chen Gundorph as Lady Macbeth in Lady Macbeth

Meirambek Nazargozhayev, Stephanie Chen Gundorph and Emma Riis Kofoed in Lady Macbeth

Royal Danish Ballet in Akram Khan’s Lady Macbeth

Meirambek Nazargozhayev as Macbeth and Mathieu Rouaux as King Duncan in Lady Macbeth

Royal Danish Ballet in Akram Khan’s Lady Macbeth

Liam Redhead as Banquo with Royal Danish Ballet in Lady Macbeth

Por Graham Watts, 10 mayo 2026

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“this scene is an example of Khan’s consummate skill in managing large numbers”

Crítica hecha desde The Opera House: Main Stage, Copenhagen el 7 mayo 2026

Lady Macbeth (Akram Khan)

Royal Danish Ballet

Vello Pähn, Dirección

Tim Yip, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Michael Hulls, Diseño de iluminación

The Royal Danish Orchestra

Ryan Joseph Stafford, Diseño de iluminación

Meirambek Nazargozhayev, Bailarín

Stephanie Chen Gundorph, Bailarín

Mathieu Rouaux, Bailarín

Jin Min Hong, Bailarín

Apocalipsis climática: Jungle Book Reimagined en Oviedo

Cintia Borges Carreras, 3rd June

Akram Khan pone palabras al movimiento para alertar sobre la emergencia climática a través de un cuento infantil, porque el arte también puede ayudar a hacer política.

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Una Giselle que rompe muros: Tamara Rojo y Akram Khan

Maria Sánchez, 4th May

Expectativas más que cumplidas en esta producción del English National Ballet con Akram Khan; dos gigantes del panorama coreográfico contemporáneo que recrearon una Giselle actual, febril y nada inocente.

*****

Tamara Rojo fascina con la Giselle sagrada de Akram Khan

Cintia Borges Carreras, 12th October

El espectro de la Giselle de Akram Khan persuade a la audiencia con la interpretación sublime, impecable y arrebatadora de Tamara Rojo.

*****

Akram Khan’s Giselle for ENB at the Coliseum: hauntingly mesmeric

Deborah Weiss, 15th January

ENB have brought Akram Khan’s Giselle to London's Coliseum for the first time. It’s looking better than ever and should not be missed.

*****

‘Osipova/Linbury’: a pot pourri of delights

Deborah Weiss, 10th November

An interesting evening displaying the many facets of Natalia Osipova's talents alongside her equally exciting guests at the Linbury.

****1

Thikra: Night of Remembering – past voices shaping our present

Daniel Pratt, 29th October

Akram Khan in concentrated colour, setting the darkness chiming with Thikra: Night of Remembering at London's Sadler's Wells.

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.