Connecting Communities Through the Power of Movement & Art

 I have worked with Autin Dance Theatre, regularly since 2016 working. Autin DT is a Birmingham based professional touring dance theatre company that produces indoor and outdoor work, alongside an extensive education and learning programme. My role has varied from producing, to fundraising, to project & event management, relationship development and now I focus on the learning and participation programme for the company.

 Dirtmarket Dance was an East Midlands/London based company led by Director Ian Dolan. I supported Dirtmarket's Dancebombing research and development in Burton on Trent. I worked alongside Ian to produce the performances in the town centre, support fundraising and relationship development.

 Man Made Youth Company all male youth dance company, that delivered dance and movement training and performance opportunities to young men in Birmingham and the West Midlands. My role was to support the co-ordination of the young people’s programme of work.

Here We Are Now is a project devised by Becca Thomas, exploring the theme of 'change' using improvised contemporary dance in community settings. I have supported the initial research and development phase of Here We Are Now in 2017. I worked alongside Becca to produce the work taking places in local community spaces, and support relationship development.

I was a project manager working under the banner of VCreate for the Emerge Programme from 2016-2019. Emerge was a training programme for young artists to create arts festivals in areas of low engagement with and for young people. A three year programme working with 24 artists and in 12 locations around the Midlands. My role was to support the young artists in designing and delivering a festival for areas on low engagement, and deliver training for the artists on managing projects, festival production and working with disengaged communities.

I have worked with Mercurial Dance as a producer on a range of projects including a site specific work in the Coventry Telegraph building RETOLD, supporting the Coventry City of Culture Bid 2021, a new outdoor work in partnership with Birmingham Royal Ballet Ballet at the Bar, The City Breathes a trio of two dancers and a poet, FAME GAME an outdoor adventure game played on a mobile phone, and Embody XR an immersive, dance art game that uses physical movement and digital storytelling to reduce the impact of anxiety in young people. My role across these works was to support, programme management, liaise with partners, funders and artists working on and alongside the programme, manage budgets, support marketing, support fundraising and applications, and support organisational development of the company.

Spectra is a performance company that draws on the diverse creativity of its mixed professional and learning disabled community cast to devise multi-sensory, immersive theatre, led by independent artist Kate DeRight. I worked with Spectra as a producer on Hanging in the Balance 2017. programme. My role has varied from producing, to fundraising, to project & event management, relationship development and now I focus on the learning and participation programme for the company.

The Line Project 1 & 2 were community dance development projects in priority areas Nuneaton & Bedworth, resulting in two outdoor performance weekends with local community participants and audiences. I was the project manager for both of the projects in 2016 & 2017.

I have also been working with Kate on a new project, Project OK working with community participants and partners in Southam, Warwickshire and Nuneaton. I have been supporting the planning and delivery of the project, and I am continuing to work with Kate to follow on with this project into the future.

 Linden Dance Company is an innovative professional dance company based in Birmingham, creating passionate and exciting new works. I supported them with their first successful Arts Council England Project Grant application. 

Anjali Dance Company creates professional opportunities for learning disabled dancers and promotes greater access and representation in the arts. I supported their programme of work with artist & group members liaison and co-ordination of the programme of work.

I supported Tina Carter and Kerryn Wise with tour advertising and booking support for Awakenings.

Light Night is a Nottingham City wide programme that happened annually during February, that was free for audiences to engage in. I supported the event management and community programme of lantern making leading up to the event in February.

I was selected to be on the Steering group for Critical Mass a mass inclusive dance programme that culminated in a performance as part of the opening ceremony for Common Wealth Games in Birmingham 2022. The project legacy programme was  continued by the Dance Leaders Group in which I was selected to continue my role in an advisory position.