Anjuli Cirio

Rehearsal Director

Anjuli Cirio began her dance training at Elmhurst School for Dance in Surrey, United Kingdom. At 16, she continued her training at English National Ballet School in London. In 2007, she joined English National Ballet.

During her 15 years with the company, Anjuli performed in numerous cities worldwide including Moscow, Paris, Auckland, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Chicago, New York, Beijing, and many more. She had the privilege of working with world-renowned choreographers and has appeared in classical and contemporary works including Pina Bausch’s Le Sacre du Printemps, Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, William Forsythe’s In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, Russell Maliphant’s Second Breath, Rudolf Nuryev’s Romeo & Juliet, Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella, Derek Deane’s Swan Lake In-The-Round, Roland Petit’s Carmen, Harald Lander’s Etudes and August Bournonville’s La Sylphide.

In 2007, Anjuli performed at the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium. In 2011, she performed for HM The Queen at Buckingham Palace. In 2012, she performed in London’s Opening Ceremony for the Olympics. She has also performed at Glastonbury Festival in Akram Khan’s Dust in 2014. In 2015, Anjuli was a Finalist in English National Ballet’s ‘Emerging Dancer’ Competition.

As a dancer, Anjuli worked with Akram Khan and performed in all three works he created for English National Ballet. Dust, Giselle and Creature. In 2022, Anjuli decided to continue her work for Akram in a new capacity as Rehearsal Director. Since then, she has led workshops and staged his works in ballet companies around the world, including Ballett Dortmund and Boston Ballet.

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