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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
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Meirambek Nazargozhayev, Stephanie Chen Gundorph and Emma Riis Kofoed in Lady Macbeth
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Royal Danish Ballet in Akram Khan’s Lady Macbeth
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Meirambek Nazargozhayev as Macbeth and Mathieu Rouaux as King Duncan in Lady Macbeth
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Royal Danish Ballet in Akram Khan’s Lady Macbeth
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Liam Redhead as Banquo with Royal Danish Ballet in Lady Macbeth
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“this scene is an example of Khan’s consummate skill in managing large numbers”
Reviewed at The Opera House: Main Stage, Copenhagen on 7 May 2026
Lady Macbeth (Akram Khan)
Royal Danish Ballet
Vello Pähn, Conductor
Tim Yip, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Michael Hulls, Lighting Designer
The Royal Danish Orchestra
Ryan Joseph Stafford, Lighting Designer
Meirambek Nazargozhayev, Dancer
Stephanie Chen Gundorph, Dancer
Mathieu Rouaux, Dancer
Jin Min Hong, Dancer
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*****
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Norwegian National Ballet's Dialogues II: brief but brilliant
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ENB in Akram Khan’s Giselle: compelling, astonishing, unmissable
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