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Since 2001 we have provided opportunities for emerging disabled and non-disabled dance artists to train, shadow and perform with us. We have provided some artists with their first professionally paid jobs / permitted work, and been a stepping stone to progressing into further employment with other companies. 

Over the years we have enjoyed providing training opportunities through a variety of programme’s; Breakthrou’aDvANCE and Transcend are two examples. 

Progression routes into dance for dDeaf, disabled and neurodivergent dancers as well as those with long term health conditions, is an area the dance sector as a whole need to improve. There are many dance organisations working hard to break down barriers, share learning, and increase equity in dance provision – and we are one of them. 

 

NOVEMBER 2025 Training in Stoke-on-Trent

Working creatively with those with chronic and life-altering conditions such as brain injury, stroke, and palliative care.

Who is it for:

Those interested in facilitating arts and creativity with individuals who have chronic and life-changing conditions, such as brain injury, stroke, and those receiving palliative care. This includes in hospital settings, as well as in the community. This can include, but is not limited to, those who work in the Arts, in Health and in Social Care. 

Examples:  

Artists (all art forms and genres) | Activity Workers | Creative Enablers | Volunteers | Physiotherapists | OTs | Speech and Language Therapist | Carers | Health Care Assistants | Support Workers | Play Specialists | Art(s) Therapists (all art forms) | Artistic Directors | Choreographers | Nurses | Performers | Musicians | Singers | Story Tellers | Faciliators | Evaluators | Doctors | Students. 

Places are limited! No previous dance experience is required.  

Details: 

Dates: 12th, 19th, 25th & 26th November 2025

Priority will be given to those attending all four days. If you can’t attend all four, select the individual days you’d like to attend on the registration form (link below). We’ll notify you by 5pm on 7th November if a place is available for you on your selected day(s). 

Times: 9:30am – 4pm each day. 

Cost: 

£140  (4 days) for freelance/low income / £50 daily rate if not attending all four sessions

£200  (4 days) for others / £65 daily rate if not attending all four sessions

These sessions are heavily subsidised, due to FRONTLINEdance being an Arts Council England funded, National Portfolio Organisation. 

Venue: TBC

To Register: https://forms.office.com/e/72BXypwBMa (Deadline 4pm, on 7th November 2025). 

Overview:

Day 1, Wednesday 12th November – Introduction to performance and arts health, delivered by Lucinda Jarrett. 

  • History and possible futures for arts and health practice. 

  • Introduction to principles of practices of Rosetta Life in palliative care, stroke and brain injury, unpaid care and climate justice. 

Day 2, Wednesday19th November – Practical workshops of dance & performance in clinical and community settings:

Lucinda Jarrett – Devising dance and theatre performance making 

Miranda Tufnell – Working creatively with and through the body

Both artists will then co-lead a session with a ’taster group’ to see the work in action. 

Opportunity to hear feedback from the participants and facilitate a discussion around co-design and co-creation workshops. 

Day 3, Tuesday 25th November –  Creative Health:   The NHS and the community context 

The day will be spilt into two:

  1. An opportunity to hear from a range of health organisations about what is important to them, why creative health is needed, and why it is commissioned.

  2. Lucinda Jarrett and Melanie Pappenhiam lead discussions and practical workshops about delivering to clinical needs through dance, music, voice and songmaking:

  • Developing sustainable embedded practice in clinical settings

  • Developing sustainable embedded practices in community settings

  • A creative care pathway for recovery from stroke and brain injury 

Day 4, Wednesday 26th November: Planning, Devising, Reflect and Conclude:

Training participants will work together in small groups to plan and devise a workshop, then deliver it to each other as a group. Volunteers from the FRONTLINEdance Moving Together programme will attend co-devising, support, and join in the workshops.

There will be an opportunity for reflection, evaluation, celebrations, feedback and questions.

Reminder that our creative health day with Rosetta Life as co-hosts, takes place on 5th November  – we hope you make it? You need to book by 29th October: https://shorturl.at/3Z0ig 

Advance Dance Training Programme- ATP

Welcoming New Participants in 2025 - Register Today!

Launched in January 2024, our ATP pilot has now been developed into three cohorts. This ensures we meet the needs of both local and national d/DEAF, disabled and neurodivergent dancers.

We create individual learning plans to tailor make a programme of dance training relevant and fully accessible, to each individual who is accessing it.

Therefore, if you identify as dDEAF, disabled, neurodivergent or have a long term health condition, you can spend one to three days training with us. Training includes contemporary dance technique, choreography, improvisation, creativity,  body conditioning / fitness, leadership skills, readiness for work / workplace etiquette plus more besides! The programme's methodology means personal development grows alongside skill and self awareness. All students are encouraged to look through the social model of disability sense, thinking what they need from others to ensure they can train and work with equity and enjoyment.

Some ATP dancers have learnt FRONTLINEdance performance work, and performed it to special schools this year, whilst others have completed their training and have been employed by us or other companies. Two cohort members have been announced as new emerging dance performers with FRONTLINEdance, and have worked with us outside of the training programme as well as continue within it.

We work in partnership with local FE colleges facilitating students EHCP's who support their students to come and train with us, as well as providing in-house training for them. This is in addition to individuals attending via direct payments, self-funding and subsidies.

By providing the ATP we are removing barriers to:
  • academic attainment
  • lack of provision of weekly accessible dance technique
  • health & chronic health conditions

For more information and to register for the course, please contact hello@frontlinedance.co.uk

Access Routes into Dance

Provision from the age of 5 into employment! 

We run a range of different groups for JUNIOR | YOUTH | ADULT through our  Breakthrou'dance Programme to ensure  progression can be made and that everyone can continue dancing with us.

For those in our Breakthrou'dance programme with a natural flare and enthusiasm to progress further, and consider dance as a career, participants are encouraged to audition for our ATP. 

We have many one-off performance projects, and we take our dancers to join in sessions and events with other organisations so they get a rich and diverse range of opportunities. 

We provide additional support and training for those who want to become workshop creative enablers and co-leaders, administrators, event volunteers, choreographers, and more besides!

For Schools, Colleges and Private Dance Schools

FRONTLINEdance offer training, advice and mentoring.

We can arrange bespoke training packages, to ensure the provision you deliver is right for those facilitating it and taking part in it. Please get in touch for further information.  

This film below is an example of a bespoke project we did for the Black Country Dance Hub

TALENT SEARCH - We are always on the look out for dDDN children and young people who have a natural flare and love of dance! Do you know someone? Then please let them know about FRONTLINEdance and to get in touch with us. 

https://player.vimeo.com/video/99346497?h=60f0f13937&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0

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