Corali and Kick Up
“Corali is one of the brightest lights in my four decades-plus of watching dance-based performance”
Donald Hutera, Dance Critic, The Times
Corali Dance Company
Images by Jon C Archdeacon
We make and tour original performance work for both conventional and unconventional spaces. We create a new programme of work every two years for national and international touring with accompanying engagement activities.
Over the last two years, Corali has grown hugely as an organisation and in artistic success.
The strength of our artistic ambition and the quality of our practice is reflected in our recent artistic achievements and performances:
Programmed in the International Mime Festival 2020, Sadler’s Wells London, Jan 2020 with ‘Adieu’ in collaboration with dance duo Thick & Tight
Commission from Tate to create a film ‘Dancing to Art’ encouraging visitors to have the freedom to enjoy the gallery however they want in response to the art, Dec 2019
National Rural Tour of our ensemble work ‘Technicolour Everyday’, April 2019
Presented a quadruple bill at The Place Theatre, London, March 2019, with accompanying photo exhibition and industry focused talks
Commission from the Southbank Centre to perform at the re-opening of the Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of Concrete Dreams 2018
Created new film works in collaboration with partners, Bethlem Gallery and National Youth Dance Company (NYDC) 2017
Corali's national reach has more than doubled over the last two years, with audiences describing our work as ‘full of surprises’, ‘exciting’, ‘perfection’, ‘powerful’, ‘evocative’ and ‘boundary pushing’.
If you are interested in programming Corali please contact our Artistic Director Sarah Archdeacon sarah@corali.org.uk
Corali’s Youth Company: Kick UP
Image by Roswitha Chesher
Corali’s youth company Kick Up is an exciting group of young people aged 14- 26 who meet weekly to develop their skills as dancers and create new performances. Kick Up provides a space for young people with a learning disability to nurture their creative talent, understand their potential and develop as leaders.
Kick Up make use of Corali’s collaborative methodologies to create their performances and meet with other companies and artists to develop their practice. Since it begin in 2016, Kick Up has performed in some prestigious London venues and events.
Social Signatures, Ignition Festival, Lyric Hammersmith, London July 2017, Unlimited Festival, Southbank Centre September 2017
Bowled Over, Ignition Festival, Rose Theatre Kingston, July 2018, Positive Push Festival Brit School, London March 2018, selected for Udance London regional platform festival, March 2019, CoMotion Festival, Bonnie Bird theatre Laban, London April 2019
Sounds Good to Me premiered at The Place theatre, London in February 2020
If you are interested in programming Kick Up please contact our Engagement and Outreach Manager Andrea Swainson andrea@corali.org.uk
‘Saturdays performance was wonderful and it was so great to see the energy and confidence that all the dancers had. It was a very uplifting evening’
Audience Member - Kick Up 2019
Previous Performances
Click below to view a selection of work over our 30 year history: from 1989 to the present day.