Akram Khan & Israel Galván: Torobaka, London
Akram Khan has joined forces with some extraordinary artists during his career, from Sylvie Guillem to Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. His latest project is a duet with the flamenco iconoclast Israel Galván, in which the two dancers explore the stylistic links between flamenco and kathak. They also investigate the shared dimensions of myth and storytelling, expressed in the title of their work which combines the bull (toro) and the cow (vaca) – the sacred animals of their respective cultures.
Sadler’s Wells, EC1, Mon to 8 Nov
Royal Ballet Mixed Bill, London
Music from the war-shadowed decades of the 1930s and 40s inspires the three choreographers showcased in the Royal’s latest mixed programme. Kim Brandstrup’s Ceremony Of Innocence uses Benjamin Britten’s Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge of 1937 to create a haunting elegy for lost youth. A second Britten score, Sinfonia da Requiem (1940) leads Christopher Wheeldon into the darker terrain of war and sacrifice in his densely imagined Aeternum. Liam Scarlett turns to Leonard Bernstein’s 1949 Symphony No 2 (itself inspired by the WH Auden poem) for his Age Of Anxiety.
Royal Opera House, WC1, Fri to 17 Nov
