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The greatest romantic ballet and its story of love, betrayal, and redemption, boldly reimagined.

A powerful scene from Akram Khan's version of Giselle - when Hilarion (Ken Saruhashi) leads the Outcasts into a dance for the imperious Landlords.

Giselle (Tamara Rojo) encounters the vengeful and chilling Wilis, led by their Queen, Myrtha (Stina Quagebeur).

Lead Principal Fernanda Oliveira and former Lead Principal Erina Takahashi discuss the lead role in Akram Khan's Giselle - from their favourite moments to their preparations for embodying the character.

Isabelle Brouwers give us an insight into the emotional and physical aspects of taking on the powerful character, Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis, in Akram Khan's Giselle.

Composer Vincenzo Lamagna on adapting Adolphe Adam's original score for Akram Khan's Giselle.

What an intense scene from Akram Khan's Giselle with Erina Takahashi and James Streeter.

Discover the main characters in Akram Khan's Giselle, with Akram Khan and Dramaturg Ruth Little.

Tamara Rojo and choreographer Akram Khan discuss how the traditions of ballet and kathak have been brought together for our reimagined version of Giselle.

Akram Khan and Tamara Rojo discuss the challenges of reimagining Giselle and the importance of reinvigorating the classics to keep them relevant today.

A former principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, world-renowned choreographer Yuri Possokhov creates for a UK company for the first time.

The earth and the underworld intertwine and overlap in Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s “torn apart” quartet, Laid in Earth, interpreted for screen in director Thomas James’ ethereal film, a surreal blending of fluid choreography and an eerie other-worldly aesthetic.