Inside In-i: Juliette Binoche and Akram Khan

Staged at the National's Lyttelton theatre, In-i is a piece of dance theatre devised by and starring Juliette Binoche and Akram Khan Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Khan's previous work includes Bahok, a collaboration with the National Ballet of China; Kaash, which he created with Nitin Sawhney and Anish Kapoor and zero degrees, which reunited him with Sawhney and also involved Antony Gormley Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Juliette Binoche's films include The English Patient, Three Colours: Blue, The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Hidden. An exhibition of her art work and a season of her films are showing at BFI Southbank, next to the National Theatre Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Binoche is dancing on stage for the first time; Khan also sings and plays guitar during the piece Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Binoche says she chose to do the project 'to get close to other artists, to share something I've never done before. Akram is a virtuoso dancer, he wanted to explore a part of himself and be open to a new experience. What we had in common was our fire for the new' Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Anish Kapoor was the visual designer for the show and the music is by Philip Sheppard Photograph: Tristram Kenton

In-i is at the National Theatre until October 20 2008 and then goes on a world tour, stopping off at Leicester's Curve in February 2009 Photograph: Tristram Kenton