North By Southwest

Nicolas Jackson visits Spain's largest contemporary dance festival, Madrid en Danza, which this year hosted 23 companies giving 55 performances of 25 pieces in 13 different venues around the city and surrounding areas. There he speaks to festival director Ana Cabo and to British dancer and choreographer Akram Khan, whose show Desh was one of the highlights of the festival. Akram Khan has performed his highly acclaimed work on the foremost stages around the world, including the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games (03/12/13