Until the Lions / Akram Khan Company – first trailer

Award-winning choreographer and dancer Akram Khan announces the creation of his brand new, full-length production, Until the Lions, to be performed in the incredible 360° setting of London’s Roundhouse. World Premiere: 12 January 2016, Roundhouse, London In this revisiting of one story of the epic Mahabharata, Khan uses kathak and contemporary dance to tell the tale of Amba, a princess abducted on her wedding day and stripped of her honour, who invokes the gods to seek revenge. This dramatic new work expl