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Like plants, some productions are annuals and some perennials. Akram Khan’s Until the Lions is a solid production where many elements come together. It has had worldwide exposure and is continuing to do so. Until the Lions is undoubtedly a perennial and with Akram Khan devoting more of his time to production and choreography, we might well be treated to many more delights. So the dance comes to its climax. Amba, in her supernatural form as Shikhandi, is going to take Bheeshma’s life. The set and lighting become a living being, a force of cosmic proportions. The scenes of horror and emotion see the stage rupturing along its fissures. Segments of the tree lie at different levels. Such is the force of the situation. Like erupting volcanoes, fires glow from the gaping fissures, embers fly, the dancing is insane and so to the end as Amba has her say.