Anni started dance classes from a young age with Francesca Terroni School of Dance, Cambridgeshire. She studied GCSE Dance at secondary school and then attended Impington Village College to gain a Level 7 International Baccalaureate Certificate in Dance and an AVCE in Performing Arts. Anni had also performed at many venues with Cambridgeshire County Youth Dance Company. She went on to Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds, where she worked with choreographers Katryn Jackson, Gavin Coward, Andile Sotiya and Henrietta Hale. Anni majored in Dance Education for her final year and graduated in 2009 with a BPA (Hons) Contemporary Dance.