Anjali Mehra
(She/Her)
Choreographer and Movement Director
Overview
Anjali Mehra was born in the UK, lives in South London and is of South Asian heritage. Anjali trained at Central School of Ballet, London where she won the Christopher Gable Choreographer Award. Anjali holds a Masters of Arts Degree. Anjali was recently nominated for Best Choreography for Lord of the Rings at the Broadway Theatre Awards.
JOINED NEW ADVENTURES: 1999
FOR NEW ADVENTURES: She has performed on and off over 20 years with the company as Glenda in Play without Words, Irina in The Red Shoes, The Queen and Unsuitable Girlfriend in Swan Lake, The Stepmother in Cinderella, and Sugar in Nutcracker!
OTHER 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, contemporary and commercial dance notably Kiss me Kate at Theatre du Chatelet, the original cast of Andrew Lloyd Webbers Bombay Dreams, Victoria Apollo and in films World War Z and Alexander. Anjali happily hung up her dancing shoes to focus on her career in choreography/ movement and direction in 2019.
CHOREOGRAPHY: DIRECTION AND MOVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Lord of The Rings, A Musical Tale, Othello at The Watermill Theatre, Flowers for Mrs Harris at Riverside Studios,“Daddy” A Melodrama by Jeremy O.Harris at Almeida Theatre, Mavra and Pierrot Lunaire at Linbury Theatre, The Ballad of Hattie and James at Kiln Theatre, Rumi the Musical at the 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 at WNO.
DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY FOR NEW ADVENTURES: Anjali was commissioned by Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures to conceptualise, choreograph and direct a dance film with Tea films. Her film ‘little grasses crack through stone’ based on Sylvia Plath’s play: Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices has been viewed over 20,000 times and was recently shown by Sadlers Wells Theatre. Anjali also directed and choregraphed Moving In Time; a short film that encapsulated the lives of a group of care home residents as part of the Artist in Residency project with Magic Me.
CURRENT: USA Premiere of Lord of the Rings Musical at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Dope Girls BBC TV series (upcoming) as Associate Choreographer. Anjali is Movement Director on World Premiere of Tupperware of Ashes at The National Theatre written by Tanika Gupta and directed by Pooja Ghai starring Meera Syal.
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 – 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