Akram Khan

Michael Falco for The New York Times
Akram Khan in "zero degrees."

NYTimes:
Much of the allure of the work is the physical pairing of Mr. Khan, who was raised in London by immigrant Bangladeshi parents and grew up studying traditional Indian Kathak dance, and Mr. Cherkaoui, of the Belgian collective Les Ballets C. de la B. Mr. Cherkaoui possesses a body so elastic it seems more cartoon than human. They are joined onstage by two others — in the form of life-size mannequins by the sculptor Antony Gormley. Four musicians, visible behind a scrim, perform Nitin Sawhney’s score.

In one scene Mr. Khan dribbles Mr. Cherkaoui’s malleable body like a basketball. In another Mr. Cherkaoui slaps a mannequin as Mr. Khan’s immobile body, sprawled on the floor, recoils as if he has been hit. But along with such gimmicks are extended passages of dancing, which include intricate hand-and-arm duets and a distillation of martial arts, beautifully displaying Mr. Khan’s whiplash speed and Mr. Cherkaoui’s supple control.