Gigenis at Sadler’s Wells review: Akram Khan returns to his roots in this classy, atmospheric show

Two decades ago, Akram Khan hit the British dance scene in a quicksilver dazzle. A kathak performer of unmissable intensity, his roots in Indian classical dance quickly forged collaborations with modern dance and ballet, with Juliette Binoche and Kylie, that pushed at the possibilities of the art form.

Now he returns to his roots, assembling a super group of Indian virtuosi in a classy, atmospheric production inspired by the Mahabharata – a tale of brothers’ strife and women’s agonies, underpinned by the epic’s sense of global crisis.