Faun (2009), a New York premiere choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, is a reinvention of Nijinsky's famous ballet L’après-midi d’un faune. The duet looks at the eponymous creature from Stéphane Mallarmé’s poem and draws on Claude Debussy’s music, with additional music by Nitin Sawhney and costumes by leading fashion designer Hussein Chalayan.

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui made his debut as a choreographer in 1999 with Andrew Wale’s contemporary musical Anonymous Society. Since then he has made more than 20 full-fledged choreographic pieces and received many awards, including the Laurence Olivier, two Ballet Tanz Awards for Best Choreographer and the Kairos Prize (2009) for his artistic vision and his quest for intercultural dialogue. His works include Sutra, Orbo Norvo, Babel, and TeZukA. Cherkaoui has been a Sadler's Wells Associate Artist for ten years and is the dance director of Festival Equilibrio in Rome. Sadler's Wells is the UK's leading dance house, uniquely dedicated to bringing the very best international and UK dance to London audiences. It is committed to 10 producing, commissioning and presenting works of the highest standards, crossing the boundaries between different art forms.