SIZE OF COMPANY
10 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium
PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Nicole Thomson
General Manager
Roger Farrell
Administrator
Michelle Collard
Dance/Education Assistant
Cathy Heath
ARTISTIC POLICY
Anjali Dance Company is a pioneering professional company that exists to realise and celebrate through dance the potential of people with learning disabilities. The Company is committed to changing global thinking about who can dance, and demonstrating new artistic possibilities within the dance genre by creating original dance works of excellence performed by dancers with learning disabilities.
REVIEW EXTRACTS
Anjali promotes an exciting new precedent for disabled dance, one that is about visibility, confidence and glamour.
The Guardian
The ambitious triple-bill WYSIWYG showed off the six closely-attuned dancers’ discipline, confidence, versatility and innate verve.
Dance Europe
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Unexploded Stories
All new work imagined, choreographed and performed by the dancers. A visually engaging collection of intimate dance pieces fused together by passion, purpose, and a theme of dreams and desires.
80 minutes including one interval, six on stage, ten on the road. Suitable for all ages although intended for 12 plus and adults. No strong language, No violence, No sexually explicit content, No nudity (some dancers in swimwear).
FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
A new production in development will be ready to premiere in March 2010. A major new full-length work featuring a collaboration between Anjali, an internationally known choreographer and artists with backgrounds in physical theatre.
Approximately 90 minutes with one interval, six on stage, ten on the road.
WRAP-AROUND
Anjali Dance Company can offer a range of education and outreach opportunities, in association with performances or stand alone. Workshops led by the Company’s dancers with learning disabilities are available and can be extended to residencies. Dancers, staff and choreographers are also available for post-performance discussions, talks, lecture demonstrations and seminars. Anjali’s outreach work is supported by extensive written and audio-visual materials where appropriate/required.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 Germany: Triple Bill Save The Last Dance, Saloon, Parable
2008 Germany: Something Wild
TOURING AVAILABILITY
Unexploded Stories available from January 2009
New show available from March 2010
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