akram khan's methods are worth a listen.country's most imaginative works. newsnight had early sight of his latest, xenos, as it was evolving in a rehearsal space in central london. it will be khan's last ever full—length solo performance. the heart of xenos is really following this story of this indian soldier who fought for the brits. it's the very early scene before he gets taken into war. this soldier is formally a dancer and that's the character i'm playing and he is presenting a classical recital, indian classical dance recital. a million men from britain's colonies fought in world war i and in this centenary year, khan is honouring their often forgotten stories. xenos also feels a political work, which speaks to his view of britain now. xenos is a greek word which means stranger or foreigner and of course it then expands into xenophobia, the word xenophobia. it's a symptom that was there before the first world war. it was the same symptom before the second world war. and that symptom's returned. and it's quite frighten