Anjali Dance Company was founded by Nicole Thomson at The Mill Arts Centre in Banbury, Oxfordshire

Moving On Up, a 3-year training and touring programme was launched

Triple bill Moving Ideas toured

Anjali was commissioned by the Royal Festival Hall to create Prosperous Beach for Blazing Dance Festival. Anjali hosted a national debate about disability dance at the South Bank Centre.

Through New Eyes, a new commission toured. They performed at the South Bank Centre in London, the first disabled dance company to perform at the venue before a paying audience.

What You See is What You Get toured 17 venues. The piece was the finale of the European Year of the Disabled festival in Lisbon, Portugal.

Funding secured for a 3-year accredited learning programme for dancers with learning disabilities, in collaboration with Oxford Brookes University.

Young Anjali, our youth dance programme, was formed.

Something Wild toured nationally in the UK, with international performances in Germany.

Young Anjali appeared on Channel 4’s Three Minute Wonder in a specially commissioned film made in collaboration with Youth Dance England.

Oxford Playhouse commissioned a series of solos, Unexploded Stories, which then toured alongside other work.

Anjali was invited to perform new work T4Two at Decibel Festival, Manchester. Anjali performed for 25,000 at the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Special Olympics.

T4Two toured alongside a curated selection of solos and duets.

The company made Fruit for Thought for Resolution 2011 at The Place in London.

Anjali performed at the Flame Lighting Ceremony for the 2012 Paralympics.

R&D began with Gary Clarke and Lea Anderson for the Genius double bill tour; with the subsequent creation of Beethoven and Bloodsucker.

Second Skin, a solo by Nick Mckerrow, from Unexploded Stories and The Reflection duet were performed at Motus Festival and Funky Llama

Anjali performed 3 works as part of WOW Festival 2016 at Southbank Centre, London.

Unicorn, a solo by Lauren Payne and The Reflection duet were performed as part of Mind the Gap’s 10-year anniversary. Anjali participated at Spectra: FORGE’s as part of the inclusive programming panel and performed at FESTable.

The British Council invited Anjali to the Arts and Disability seminar in Mexico City, where the company was presented as an example of what had been achieved in disability arts in the UK. Hannah and Daisy performed a new duet The Reflection.

Genius toured the UK and internationally to critical acclaim.

Oxfordshire Community Foundation’s Step Change programme funded Anjali to create an online resources site and develop its CPD offer.

Arts Council Emergency Funding was secured to develop Anjali’s digital offer.

Anjali was awarded a British Council Unlimited Award to collaborate with Mexico-based DaDance, an inclusive dance company Anjali helped establish.

Anjali were invited to perform in the Surf the Wave UK Dance Showcase, alongside some of the country’s leading dance artists

Funding was secured for a transition and legacy project, preparing the company for transition to new leadership whilst celebrating the legacy of Nicole’s tenure.

We recruited 7 new Trustees as part of our refreshed leadership team.

We moved to our new home in the Midlands as Company in Residence at Deda Dance.