The Making of Creature
Fri 14 Apr 2023
We take a look at the making of our powerful dance film, Creature, choreographed
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Creature by Akram Khan: Audience Reaction
25 Sep 2021
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Scroll to find out how audiences reacted to the powerful production when it premiered in 2021. You can book tickets for Creature at Sadler’s Wells here.
Creature also comes to the screen in a genre-busting collaboration between Academy Award-winning director Asif Kapadia, Akram Khan and English National Ballet. See it in selected cinemas from February.
Wow! This incredible @AkramKhanlive @ENBallet dance #Creature is so dark, powerful, mesmerising … left @Sadlers_Wells feeling emotionally and physically drained … and that was just sitting in the audience! #unforgettable https://t.co/xiHuL6O0Pl
— Nicky Goulder (@NickyGoulder) September 25, 2021
An absolutely memorising performance by @ENBallet in @AkramKhanLive Creature tonight! Bravo, @AkramKhanLive bravo! What a true genius Akram really is… 👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/j68VVq9Ae8
— Bethany Johnstone (@Johnstone_BL) September 25, 2021
Akram Khan’s Creature for @ENBallet at Sadler’s Wells to October 2 is something new & very loud. Inspired by Georg Buchner’s Woyzeck & Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein & set in a dilapidated former Arctic research station, it’s a visceral experience #ENBCreature pic.twitter.com/nyt4U6SYKz
— Matthew George (@MatthewGeorgewh) September 25, 2021
Wonderful evening last night at the premiere of @AkramKhanLive ‘Creature’ by @ENBallet at @Sadlers_Wells pic.twitter.com/K7l9M81g75
— Beth Ackroyd (@ackroydbeth) September 24, 2021
Well…! That @jeffreycirio is something else. What a performance! All @ENBtweets involved superb. A great company indeed. Thank you @ENBallet @AkramKhanLive @TamaraRojo1 #ENBCreature
— Carol Lee? (@carollee3) September 24, 2021
What a privilege to attend the world premiere of Creature by Akram Khan. A powerful story of exploitation, madness and ultimately murder but also of love, kindness and sensitivity too. Go if you can!#englishnationalballet #enbcreature #akramkhan #sadlerswells #ballet #london https://t.co/hlm86kCbTM
— Gill Maguire (@gillmag) September 24, 2021
This was the most powerful performance I’ve ever had the privilege of watching. I am spellbound. Outstanding. Thank you!!!
— Zoe Tribello (@ZoeTribello) September 23, 2021
OH WOW! That was intense, so powerful. Incredible work from the company, and Jeffrey & Erina were heartbreaking. (And I passed Andy Serkis on the stairs! That’s gone right to the top of my claims to fame!). Thanks to all for a wonderful evening, definitely worth the wait!
— Maggie_perhaps (@Maggie_Perhaps) September 23, 2021
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Such a brilliant feeling to be back @Sadlers_Wells this evening. Creature is incredible, it gets under your skin, it’s uncomfortable and dark and it felt great to be that affected by something ❤️LIVE❤️ again. The @ENBallet dancers are mind blowing 👏🏻👏🏻
— Annie Duffield (@annieduffs) September 24, 2021
GCSE Dance students from Years 9-11 enjoyed the English National Ballet's Creature choreographed by Akram Khan @Sadlers_Wells last week. Outstanding dancing and orchestra, we were inspired! pic.twitter.com/vsWG4FHzB7
— Lister Community School (@ListerSchool) September 28, 2021
This is an exceptional production by @ENBallet & @AkramKhanLive 🌟
I was transfixed from the beginning by your mesmerising, compelling and powerful piece. #stunning #entrancing #mesmerised pic.twitter.com/vStqA4nfla— Moe Rocksmoore (@moe_rocksmoore) September 28, 2021
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My 15yr old daughter sobbed during this moving story of exploitation, human cruelty and the anguish of loss last night. Huge congratulations to all involved in the performance. @ENBallet #ballet #ENBCreature @AkramKhanLive https://t.co/Iu1SHhuGve
— Anna Park (@Annagoge) September 30, 2021
Creature by Akram Khan for @ENBallet @Sadlers_Wells =👌🙌! Dark, dazzling, enigmatic, poetic & entrancing. Gorgeous mix of dance styles. With thunderous live music & stunning design. Aitor Arietta was astonishing as the tortured title character. Worth the 2 year wait! 🙏 pic.twitter.com/g4vAIRIIci
— Brian Lo Sin Sjoe (he/him) (@StageJunk) October 1, 2021
Felling it until now. What a show! @ENBallet pic.twitter.com/CzSPn89XDM
— Eduardo Carvalho (@edujcarvalho) September 30, 2021
GO. RUN. NOW. if you can please see khan's Creature!! actors, dancers, musicians, performers of all kind: you will not be disappointed #sadlerswells #akramkhan #creaturehttps://t.co/R7Af7QNPFX
— Lucy Millett (@luce_mill) September 30, 2021
A remarkable performance. Enjoy it #ENBcreature @Sadlers_Wells @ENBallet pic.twitter.com/oXXOwsUDk3
— ekie (@here_ew) September 30, 2021
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Terrific afternoon with @ENBallet for @AkramKhanLive’s intense and powerful ‘Creature’ at @Sadlers_Wells. Superb performances from @IsaacHdezF (Creature) and Fernanda Oliviera (Marie). #ENBPhilharmonic under @sutherlandgavin sustaining the tension brilliantly. #ENBCreature pic.twitter.com/DMapRMONo3
— John Earls (@john_earls) October 2, 2021
Transfixed to see first live dance show in 18 months and the #choreography in Akram Khan’s #Creature is powerful, intense, moving, compelling and brilliantly executed by @ENBallet
Great to be back @Sadlers_Wells – have missed #dance so much pic.twitter.com/g8vBaxUCPJ— Maggy Pigott (@MaggyPigott) October 1, 2021
Loved @AkramKhanLive's latest effort with @ENBallet at @Sadlers_Wells. Excellent dancers, accompanied by Vincenzo Lamagna @belrumore's score of big strings, military drums and creepy sound bites – with a claustrophobic stage design that really suited the performance. Recommended! pic.twitter.com/ctq9VID5WH
— Claudio Giambrone (@Claudio_GIAM) October 1, 2021
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