Experience the art of dance through participation and performance
Weekly Workshops
Please click on the following links to find out more information about our current workshops
Breakthrou' Performance Group a weekly, fully inclusive, cross-generational performance group for disabled and non-disabled young people and adults from 13-60+. All abilities welcome from no experience to professional. Established since 2003.
Creative Dance Clubs weekly, fully inclusive creative dance classes for children and young people with and without disabilities aged 5-16 yrs funded by BBC Children In Need. Classes taking place throughout Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire in Fenton, Chell Heath, Leek and Newcastle-under-Lyme. Please contact the office on 01782 826588 or email admin@frontlinedance.org.uk to register a place.
Two 'Sat Arts Hubs' starting weekly from Saturday 22nd May 2010 for children and young people with disabilities aged 5-18 years supported by Staffordshire County Council Aiming High until March 2011. Hubs take place at Blackfriars FE College, Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent and Walton Hall Special School, near Stafford. Activities include dancing, drama, singing, music, crafts, and many more. For more information contact the office on 01782 826588 or email admin@frontlinedance.org.uk to register a place.
FRONTLINEdance continue to work with a wide range of people, delivering a variety of high quality dance work and most often providing participants with performance opportunities, which has huge amounts of benefits.
FRONTLINEdance teachers and workshop facilitators are professional dancers, who have experience in planning and delivering high quality dance workshops, with additional experience in choreography.
We offer fully accessible workshops and residencies in contemporary dance, creative dance, choreography and street dance for all ages and abilities including those with a disability.
Participants have the option to create new work for performance with company members, which can include cross-art projects working with artists, musicians, film-makers and costume designers.
If you would like to work with FRONTLINEdance, please contact us via our 'Contact' page.
Please click on the following links to find out more information about our past community projects
IGNITE! (2002) a cross-generation dance project funded by Robbie Williams' Give it Sum! Fund and supported by The Stoke-on-Trent College and the Prince's Trust Millennium Volunteers.
Moving Together (2006) weekly workshops to improve the health and well-being of older people, specifically those with a disability and mental health needs.
Oak Ward Project (2007) fortnightly dance workshops for residents at Oak Ward. Sessions helped to improve body and mind wellbeing at the same time.
Blythe Bridge Saturday morning club (2009) dance workshops for children and young people from the Blythe Bridge area funded by the Blythe Bridge Community & Learning Partnership.
Crossroads Care Staffordshire (Spring 09) Young disabled people from Crossroads Care Staffordshire engaged in 6 weekly dance workshops with Rachael Lines during Spring 09. Funded by Crossroads Care Staffordshire.