Anjali Mehra
Choreographer and Movement Director
Overview
Anjali trained at Central School of Ballet where she also won the Christopher Gable Choreographer Award and took part in every choreography opportunity including collaborating with St Martins Art School in Design for Dance. Anjali combines a career as a choreographer and a performer.
Joined New Adventures: 1999
Recent Highlights: In 2019, Anjali choreographed the play ‘Judgment Day’ at the Park Avenue Armory, New York directed by Richard Jones, ‘Daddy’ at The Almeida Theatre by Jeremy O’Harris and directed by Danya Taymor and 'God Only Knows' at the Tate Modern. She was also Associate Choreographer of 'Masterpieces of Motion' directed by Edwin Ray at Windsor Castle, Associate Choreographer for 'Midsummer Night's Dream' and 'Macbeth' for the Watermill choreographed by Tom Jackson-Greaves, Associate Movement Director on 'The Nico Project' at Melbourne Arts Centre for Imogen Knight and Revival Choreographer on 'Queen of Spades' directed by Richard Jones at Lyric Opera Chicago.
Other Career Highlights: Anjali performed in the original cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s Bombay Dreams by Stephen Pimlott and Anthony Van Laast (Victoria Apollo) and in the recent production of Kiss Me, Kate at Theatre Du Chatelet choreographed by Nick Winston and directed by Lee Blakeley. She was dance captain on Goldfrapp tours for Alex Reynolds, and has worked with Random Dance company /Wayne McGregor, Will Tuckett, Cathy Marston, Christopher Hampson and Peter Darling. In opera: Gloriana for Lucy Burge/Richard Jones; Faust for Michael Keegan-Dolan/David McVicar at Royal Opera House; Death of Klingho er for Arthur Pita/Tom Morris; Agrippina for Andrew George/David McVicar at English National Opera; Macbeth for Linda Dobell/Richard Jones; Carmen/Die Entfuhrung auf dem Serail for David McVicar at Glyndebourne. Anjali’s choreography and movement direction credits include Two Sides for Cornetto Cinema, This Heaven at The Finborough Theatre, Dick Whittington at Watford Palace Theatre and she recently restaged Richard Jones/ English National Opera production of Fanciulla at Santa Fe Opera, USA. Anjali choreographed Jakob Lenz for Sam Brown/English National Opera at Hampstead Theatre, I Puritani for Stephen Langridge at The Grange Park Opera, L’Orfeo for Daisy Evans/Silent Opera. Anjali was revival choreographer on Richard Jones‘s Macbeth and Hansel and Gretel at Lille opera, Munich Opera and Welsh National Opera. Recent online choreography was creating dance piece via Zoom ‘Inside Looking Out’ for the 2nd years end of year performance July 2020.
Commercial and Film Highlights: World War Z by Marc Forster; Alexander by Oliver Stone; Camera Test by Imogen Knight, It‘s Raining Men by Geri Halliwell; Shakalaka Baby Preeya Kalidas; Rocket Goldfrapp/Stephen Hogget. Usher ident for BritAwards, Davina McCall ident for Gotta Dance and The Royal Variety Show.
Other Info: Anjali is doing a Masters in Choreography at Central School of Ballet- also on pause due to lockdown but has already received Distinction for 4 out of the 5 Modules.
Anjali effortlessly commands the limelight whenever she takes to the stage
Wales Arts Review
Training
Central School of Ballet
Credits
For NEW ADVENTURES
- Swan Lake – 1999/00
- Nutcracker! – 2002/03 Sugar
- Play Without Words – 2003 & 2012 Glenda
- Swan Lake – 2013/14 The Girlfriend, The Queen
- The Red Shoes – 2016/17 Irina Boronskaja
- Cinderella – 2017-19 Sybil (The Stepmother), Vivien
DANCE AND PERFORMANCE CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Anjali has also worked and danced for Wayne McGregor, Arthur Pita, Nick Winston, Cathy Marston, Imogen Knight, Alex Reynolds, Anthony Van Last, Andrew George, Linda Dobell and Lucy Burge in musical theatre, opera
- Kiss me Kate – Theatre du Chatelet
- Original cast of Andrew Lloyd Webbers Bombay Dreams – Victoria Apollo
- Films World War Z and Alexander
CHOREOGRAPHY AND DIRECTION CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Lord of The Rings, A Musical Tale
- Othello – The Watermill Theatre
- Flowers for Mrs Harris – Riverside Studios
- Daddy” A Melodrama by Jeremy O.Harris – Almeida Theatre
- Mavra and Pierrot Lunaire – Linbury Theatre
- The Ballad of Hattie and James – The Kiln Theatre
- Rumi the Musical – London Coliseum
- Judgment Day – directed by Richard Jones at Park Avenue Armory, New York
- Spike – by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman
- Brief Encounter – directed by Robert Kirby
- Cherry Town – WNO