“Whatever you can do or dream, you can.
Begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Begin it now.”
(Goethe)

Anjali Dance Company exists to change global thinking about who can dance and demonstrate new artistic possibilities by showcasing the creative potential of people with learning disabilities.

Key Aims

• To create original dance works of artistic distinction, performed by professional dancers with learning disabilities, and presented to the widest possible audience.

• To raise the profile of work by dancers with learning disabilities and Anjali Dance Company by touring nationally and internationally and to be a model of good practice in managing, portraying and promoting disabled dance.

• To challenge society’s preconceptions and prejudices and encourage integration and inclusion of people with learning disabilities within the wider world of dance and society.

• To provide positive role models for people with learning disabilities, initiate and develop new possibilities in dance and, through an integrated education programme, encourage and enable people with learning disabilities to train and achieve excellence in dance.

• To advocate, inform and contribute to debates concerning disability dance.

"Anjali represents all that is best, not just about disabled people dancing, but about dancing full stop. They are all true professionals." - Louise Katerega, former Dance Co-ordinator, Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts.