Creature by Akram Khan: Because of What You Have Done (extract) | English National Ballet

Jeffrey Cirio performing the title role of Creature by Akram Khan, in this extract featuring Richard Nixon's 1969 speech to the Apollo 11 astronauts that landed on the moon. Creature premieres at Sadler's Wells in London from 23 September – 2 October 2021. More info and tickets ► Subscribe for regular ENB films ► Watch more ENB films ► Ballet on Demand ► BalletActive ► What's On ► A new ballet by Akram Khan, his second full-length production for English National Ballet. Following the pivotal impact of Dust and Giselle, Akram Khan returns to English National Ballet for his third collaboration with us. Creature is an unearthly tale of exploitation and human frontiers inspired by Georg Büchner’s expressionist classic Woyzeck, with shadows of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Drawing on themes of abandonment, isolation and the