One of the most celebrated and respected dance artists of today, in just over 22 years Akram Khan has created a body of work that has contributed significantly to the arts in the UK and abroad. Khan’s work is recognised as being profoundly moving, in which his intelligently crafted storytelling is effortlessly intimate and epic. The Financial Times described him as an artist “who speaks tremendously of tremendous things”. As a choreographer, Khan has developed a close collaboration with English National Ballet. He created the short piece “Dust”, part of the Lest We Forget programme, which led to an invitation to create his own critically acclaimed version of the iconic romantic ballet “Giselle”. “Creature” is Khan’s latest work for English National Ballet.

Harry was born in Los Angeles and moved to the UK as a young child. He trained at Rambert School, graduating with a First Class BA (Hons) in 2022. As a freelance dance artist, he has had the privilege of working with and performing works by Christopher Bruce, Richard Alston, Richard Chappell, Tim Casson (Casson and Friends Dance) and Fabula Collective (research process), among others. He has created a number of dance films and staged his own work in the UK, as well as co-founding Elbow Dance Collective in 2021. Harry (he/him) was born in Los Angeles and moved to the UK as a young child. He trained at Rambert School, graduating with a First Class BA (Hons) in 2022. As a freelance dance artist, he has had the privilege of working with and performing works by Christopher Bruce, Richard Alston, Richard Chappell, Tim Casson (Casson and Friends Dance) and Fabula Collective (research process), among others. He has created a number of dance films and staged his own work in the UK, as well as co-founding Elbow Dance Collective in 2021.

Erina Takahashi was born in Kushiro, Japan and trained at the Kushiro Ballet Academy under the direction of Kou Yano, and then the English National Ballet School. In 1996 she joined English National Ballet and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2000 and Lead Principal 2007. From autumn 2024, Erina has joined the Artistic Team as Repetiteur alongside her Lead Principal role. In 1992 Erina was the winner of the Chubu Newspaper Company Award (Chubu All Japan Ballet Competition) and winner of Best Female Newcomer at the 2001 Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards. She is also Patron of New English Ballet Theatre. Her repertoire includes performing the lead roles in Manon (MacMillan), Swan Lake and Swan Lake in-the-round (Deane), Sleeping Beauty (MacMillan), Romeo & Juliet (Nureyev), Giselle (Skeaping), Cinderella (Corder), Coppélia (Hynd), Nutcracker (Hampson, Eagling), Le Corsaire (Holmes), Etudes (Lander), La Bayadère, Raymonda (Rojo), Paquita, Double Concerto (Hampson), Square Dance, Who Cares? and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (Balanchine), The Rite of Spring (MacMillan, Ek), The Snow Queen (Corder), A Million Kisses to my Skin and Four Last Songs (Dawson), Voluntaries (Tetley), Les Sylphides, Don Quixote pas de deux, Impromtu (Deane), Perpetuum Mobile (Hampson), Alice in Wonderland (Deane) Petite Mort (Kylian), In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (Forsythe), No Man’s Land (Scarlett), M-Dao (Wang), Akram Khan’s Giselle, La Sylphide, Approximate Sonata 2016 (Forsythe), Cinderella (Wheeldon), Laid in Earth (Cherkaoui).