Community Engagement & Outreach
Help us increase our engagement with younger people and elder groups in the region, particularly vulnerable and other marginalised communites and groups.
We explore difficult subjects joyfully, through movement and dance, pushing back the dark. Any donation helps us do more, more often!
FEATURED EVENTS
Fragments of Poe Workshop
FRIDAYS in 2025 at Dance City
5pm to 6pm
Dance City, Newcastle upon Tyne
Exciting news! We’ll be extending these Friday evening workshops exploring how to generate movement, inspired by some of the most iconic tales written by the master of Gothic horror, Edgar Allan Poe. Stories will include The Man of the Crowd, The Strange Case of M. Waldemar and The Descent into the Maelstrom. These stories and themes are perennially relevant and allow us to access our fears safely and to create fantastic movement and dance group collaborations.
Watch out for new dates.
Dora has worked with and taught, children, young people, professionals and older people for half a century; the ensemble is steeped in her methodologies.
We offer outstanding workshops, lectures and residency opportunities, built on our current repertoire of signature eclectic and dynamic works inspired by the arts and our commitment to gender equality and difference and the environment and climate change.
Our outreach is suitable for professional dancers, actors, schools, colleges, Universities & vocational schools. We engage with community and youth dance, adult and mature groups and offer wraparound events, talks and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) sessions, including bespoke professional mentoring.
Workshops are exciting, challenging and deeply rewarding physical experiences.
Want to experience our programmes?
Contact frankeldora@gmail.com to order an education pack.
WORKSHOP
Re Co Co Recovery College, Newcastle
We ran a pilot project with a group of men and women at Re Co CO - Recovery College . This is what they said.
“I love dancing, it makes me feel fabulous.”
“The praise makes me feel better”
“You're a brilliant teacher”
— Margaret and Barry, Re Co Co dance
Re Co Co Recovery College provides a safe space where people can connect, gain knowledge and develop skills.
Find out more at www.recoverycoco.com.
WORKSHOP
Figures in a Floating Landscape: Newcastle College
WORKSHOP
Boundless: Dance City’s 55+ company
Dance City’s Boundless company for over-55’s provides a unique opportunity for mature dancers in the North East to develop their skills in contemporary dance and performance.
The company creates original work for performances both in person and digital. They collaborate with Dance City teachers and local guest choreographers, including Dora Frankel.
What People Are Saying
“I was surprised at how much dance material we could produce out of what seemed like so little and in such a short time!”
— Participant, Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) Dance City, Newcastle, April 2021
“I love the flow and danciness of your Graham technique teaching and the weird steps in the repertoire!”
— BA (Hons) Dance Student, Newcastle College
“Dora mentored me for several sessions during the creation of my project 'Footprint'. I found her to be both supportive, as well as giving provocations around the intention of my movement and text which proved invaluable to the direction of the work. Definitely in my next round of funding applications I'll be including mentoring time with Dora again.”
— Penny Chivas, Dance Artist, Glasgow
“I’ve learnt so much tonight, I’ve never done anything like this before. I’ll write about this in my professional portfolio.”
— Leah Keenan, final year student, BA Hons Dance, Newcastle College
“I was thrilled and honoured to be invited to create the first ever work for Boundless. Cafe de la Luz is a companion piece to a work created in 1995 for young people, called Cafe de Sombra – it felt like a fitting starting point and a homage to our continued youth. I love working with the dancers who are incredibly committed and joyful. We are really looking forward to presenting our Cafe of Light to you!”
— Dora Frankel