A Man’s Job: Asif Kapadia And Akram Khan On Creature

British filmmaker Asif Kapadia and choreographer Akram Khan discuss their collaborative adaptation of Khan’s dance work Creature into a sci-fi gothic film set in an Arctic research station. The piece explores themes of institutional oppression, post-colonial inheritance, and vulnerability within hostile environments, drawing aesthetic and narrative inspiration from Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer and Büchner’s Woyzeck. The film features dancer Jeffrey Cirio as the titular creature alongside Ken Saruhashi and Stina Quagebeur, with a baroque-inflected score by Vincenzo Lamagna that layers original Woyzeck text voiced by Andy Serkis. The interview addresses the work’s treatment of gender dynamics, male artistry, and abuse within authoritarian structures, while contextualizing the directors’ meeting at Somerset House within broader post-colonial ironies. Both artists bring distinctive sensibilities—Kapadia’s acclaimed documentary biography trilogy and Khan’s status as a major contemporary choreographer—to this ambitious genre synthesis.

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