Propel Dance are the UK’s first all-wheelchair professional dance company.
LATEST NEWS
Next show
We will be making a guest appearance at the charity Gala ‘Empower in Motion - a Ballet Inclusive’ on 7th February 2024.
Celebrating Children Today’s 30th Anniversary, we will be performing The Snow Queen solo at Sadlers Wells in London.
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NBC News Coverage
We are excited to share that we have been featured in one of NBC News segments ‘Flipping The Script’!
Watch the full interview here.
We are pleased to continue to have conversations about the importance of making professional work for and with wheelchair dancers.
Huge congratulations to our company member Rebecca Fowler and Artistic Director Helen Mason who are featured in this interview.
Past Performance(s)
In April 2023, Propel Dance toured our inaugural production of The Snow Queen to 3 Midlands venues, showcasing our R&D to sold-out audiences.
With support from Arts Council England, Sense, Cerebral Palsy Midlands and our three venue partners, we played to packed-out auditoriums and sold out shows at The Old Library in Mansfield, the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) in Birmingham and the Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton.
Watch a trailer from The Snow Queen R&D here:
During the tour of The Snow Queen we were thrilled to appear in the press across the country, including being featured on BBC Midlands Today, ITV News and Channel 5 News. An article was also published in The Guardian (click to read here).
Features also appeared in The Stage, One Dance UK and The Wonderful World of Dance, specialist disability publications such as Blue Badge Style, Independent Living and Living With Disability. On BBC Radio WM and BBC Radio Nottingham, as well as in Birmingham Living Magazine.
We made a live appearance on Steph’s Packed Lunch on Channel 4. For that full interview & excerpt from the show, go to the All 4 website/app to watch on demand.
Education & Community
Throughout Summer 2023, we delivered numerous workshops, out and about across the UK in community and education settings including:
Northfield Beach Outdoor Festival SEN Day
Chadsgrove School
Valence School’s Arts Week