Corali Dance Company

Our planning meetings for The Social History of Learning Disability 30th Anniversary Conference are coming together nicely.

We are bringing 3 of our dancers with us and together we will be telling our stories through dance.

Tickets are no longer on sale but we will be sharing every single detail with you here, on our social media platforms.

Image Description: Three people collaborate outdoors at a red table, reviewing papers, discussing ideas, and exploring movement as part of a creative planning session.

The full research findings from ‘Barriers to Progression & Employment in Dance for Disabled People’ are now published!

Based on the research outcomes, the Working Group ( Corali Dance and ) are urging the dance sector to commit to change.

It’s time to address the low engagement of Disabled people in the dance workforce.
Explore the full and short research reports in a range of formats including video, audio and BSL via the LINK IN OUR BIO.

Image Description: Text reads ‘Barriers to Progression and Employment in Dance for Disabled People’ Logos for Stopgap Dance Company, TIN Arts, People Dancing, Candoco Dance Company, Corali Dance Company and Arts Council England are shown below the text.

Our wonderful Corali Voice completed 1 year on the 19th June.

This is an exciting and impactful initiative between us and

Happy birthday to Corali Voice!!! 🥳

The aim of Corali Voice is to:

👉🏼Provide Regylar Opportunity for the voices of Corali's artists and participants to be heard at board level.
👉🏼Strengthen the relationship and dialogue between Corall's trustees and its artists and participants.
👉🏼Deepen the trustees understanding of what goes
on in the company, to help them make a more informed contribution to company governance.
👉🏼Contribute to specific areas of company development, such as strategic planning and Corali's work around Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

Image Description: A group of people sit around a table in a bright meeting room during a Corali Voice session, engaged in discussion and sharing ideas.

Can’t wait!

Incredible shot of DJ by

Thank you and we wish you all the best at The Lowry.

Important notice: Corali will NOT be joining T&T for Natural Behaviour at The Lowry

Image Description: A performer smiles joyfully on stage, dressed in a whimsical brown and orange costume with a yellow bow tie and antennae, portraying an insect-like character.

Saturday was our last with Thick & Tight for Natural Behaviour.

Thank you for having us ♥️

Image 1: Two women pose confidently in front of large wooden doors marked “Council Chamber.” They both strike fun, expressive poses under a hanging lightbulb.

Image 2: The women stand on a grand marble staircase beneath a stone arch. A colourful “BAC 50” sign is visible on the wall behind them as they strike joyful, theatrical poses.

Image 3: Two women stand smiling inside a historic building with arched stone windows and red walls. One stands in each archway, posing playfully beside a stone balustrade.

A dreamscape of two future worlds A pastoral idyll or post-industrial desolation? Simon Jarrett sees future worlds expressed through dance

📢Protect Access to Work - Help to Stop Funding Cuts!

Access to Work has underpinned the infrastructure of inclusive practice across the arts, enabling disabled artists, employees, volunteers, and leaders to participate fully - but it is now under threat.

Reforms planned for May and September 2025 threaten to strip away vital support, undermining the independence, employment, and creative contributions of hundreds of thousands of disabled people.

By narrowing eligibility and reducing assistance, the government risks excluding those who rely on this essential scheme to work. If implemented, these changes will dismantle hard-won progress, deepen inequality, and silence disabled voices across the cultural and creative sectors.

Candoco Dance Company is supporting Decode (Disability Arts Online & Cathy Waller), BAP!, the Inclusion in Dance Working Group (Corali Dance Company, Stopgap Dance Company, People Dancing, TIN Arts and Candoco Dance Company), Second Hand Dance and other sector partners to raise awareness of the damaging impact these proposals will have, and to help artists better understand the changes ahead.

Want to be more involved? There are a numbers of actions you can take to help, click on the following links to support!

- Fill out Access to Work Collective's Government Consultation Feedback Form - This feedback will help Access To Work put together a response to the current consultation on the future of Access to Work, which is part of the Get Britain Working Green Paper:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqeFP1aKhCzztoZC2znQ81iqww1OhnPInCd6InwEMthj9OLQ/viewform

- Sign the Open Letter - join other UK culture sector organisations and employees in helping stop imminent Access to Work cuts:
https://airtable.com/appSbdVCnzZyRIXJW/pagSDpACTNJP2rtrX/form?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAafnwuyjys32rVJ4qe8g0dLv9U4Fz6AbjWue-iRPPNxXxqpDMmuciKQ5euwA8Q_aem_mFMOKG5_nz5tGRGp4UbavA

- More information about the current situation and how to support:

https://disabilityarts.online/resources/guides-and-toolkits/access-to-work/access-to-work-changes-and-actions-2025/

https://takingthepip.co.uk

- Reshare this post to spread the word!🔄

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📸: Let's Talk About Dis - Photo by Hugo Glendinning

Second night of Natural Behaviour is on tonight at

🏡 Battersea Arts Centre

📆 3 - 7 June

Corali has collaborated with Thick & Tight on many different projects and the pictures we are sharing with you today are wonderful images of us on set of Weathered Blue.

📸 Jon Archdeacon

Image 1. A group of people wearing handmade nature-themed headpieces stand outdoors; one person is being comforted while a camera crew films nearby.

Image 2. Two people sit on rocky ground, smiling and wearing whimsical headpieces made of natural materials.

The incredible Jackie and Alice were in the room today for Natural Behaviour rehearsals.

Who’s coming to Battersea Arts Centre to see our amazing collaboration with Thick & Tight?

📆 3rd - 7th June

🏠 Battersea Arts Centre

Image 1: Two women stand with arms raised in a right-angle position, palms forward, in a room with a brick wall.

Image 2: The same women extend one arm out to the side, mid-movement, standing in front of boxes and an exposed brick wall.

Image 3: Both women stretch their arms straight forward, feet together, in a coordinated pose inside the same room.

Our beautiful Explore group.

Classes every term Wednesday.

Email [email protected] for more information

Today’s throw back Thursday will take us back to our Phantasia party!!!

At the end of April we gathered our wonderful dancers and we celebrated what we’ve created together♥️