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Our website is currently under construction - in the meantime, enjoy browsing through the basics of what we do. Please contact us at anytime if you would like further information.   Thank You, Rachael Lines, Artistic Director

FRONTLINEdance was founded by Rachael Lines and Michael King in September 2000, and formally became a not-for-profit company Ltd by Guarantee, in November 2001.

FRONTLINEdance is an integrated dance company of professional disabled and non-disabled dancers. We provide opportunities and access to a range of dance activities to all ages and abilities, striving to target those who would not normally have the opportunity to take part. The purpose of the group is to increase self-esteem, confidence, teamwork skills and inspiration, to raise awareness of what is possible and promote positive responses to both disability and to dance.

FRONTLINEdance teachers/workshop facilitators are professional dancers, who have experience in planning and delivering high quality dance workshops, with additional experience in choreography. The FRONTLINEdance team can devise and create new and exciting dance performances for all ages, abilities and settings.

We offer workshops and residencies in contemporary, creative dance, choreography and street dance for children and adults including early years and older people. We also work collaboratively with guest choreographers, visual artists, photographers, musicians and filmmakers.

We have 8 members on our committee, up to 16 freelance self employed artists, a part-time administrator and between 1 - 15 volunteers, all on a project basis. We work nationally, but mainly in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire and regionally in the West Midlands.

Our annual report is available on request.

Please click here for a list of our current and past funders/supporters.

"Breakthrou’ Dance group (integrated community performance group) and Transcend (trainee programme for emerging disabled dance artists) have continued to impress me with their choreography and performance skills. They are an essential part of FRONTLINEdance, who consistently make me feel extremely proud and fortunate for their existence and our involvement. 

Our main focus this year has been on our community, education and outreach work. We have been looking at the gaps in provision for disabled children, young people and adults, and making efforts to fulfil these gaps with arts and dance activities. Our hard work has paid off and I’m delighted that by the end of 2009 FRONTLINEdance announced the start of a 2 year funding opportunity through BBC Children in Need to run 4 fully inclusive after school dance clubs for 4-16 year olds. In addition the company have been successful in a tender proposal to deliver two Saturday Art Hub clubs in Staffordshire for 5-18 year olds through the Staffordshire Aiming High Programme. We can’t wait for 2010 to get started!" Rachael Lines, Artistic Director