Game of 2 Arfs

Frontline Dance have been awarded funding by the Arts Council West Midlands, with additional funding from Stoke-on-Trent City Council and RENEW for an exciting site-specific inter-generational
project entitled 'A Game of 2 Arfs'. It will take FRONTLINEdance into new areas of work, with a range of artists and partners including Staffordshire Dance Collective, Rotten Park Road Theatre Company and Stoke on Trent Cultural Development Team.

A 'Game of 2 Arfs' will see the community of Stoke engaged as participants and audiences in a professional dance performance with poetry and theatre. This contemporary dance event will take place in public spaces in the City Centre, Stoke on Trent (Hanley) specifically, Gala Bingo and the Potteries Shopping Centre and Market Hall.

We will take inspiration from the two environments and histories of the places past and present, and through this project hope to engage a greater number of people participating in and also watching dance and the arts; this is where you can get involved! We are looking for bmx'ers, free runners, skaters, breakdancers and wheelchair users to create a short piece.

We are also looking for 15-80yr olds to make an inter-generational piece, taster sessions will take place on the 12th and 19th May at J. Block, Stoke-on-Trent College, Moorland Road, Burslem, 7-8.30pm. No experience necessary, just come and join in the fun and be involved in this exciting event!

Volunteers are also needed to help out throughout and just on the performance day.

The project commences this month and culminates in a finale on Saturday 9th August 2008, so don't miss out on your chance to take part in this amazing opportunity - please contact us on 01782 285754 or 07919 016962.


- Rachael Lines
Artistic Director, Frontline