Alex Anslow has been appointed to the new role of Producer at Dance City. The role has been created within the Artistic Programmes and Artist Development team which is headed up by Phil Douglas, Director of Artistic Programmes and Artist Development.

Alex’s role is to support, develop and implement high quality theatre programming opportunities for professional dance artists and other related forms for Dance City. Alex will advocate, support and champion Dance and Dance Artists working and living in the North East of England. She will support and develop the professional artists support programme, including the performance programme in Dance City and beyond.

Alex says of her new role:

“After working for Dance City across many different roles over the last 11 years I am very proud and excited to become the full-time Producer for Dance City. I do not underestimate the impact of dance and know it can connect people and communities, provide joy and excitement, offer new perspectives, challenge, and heal. As a dance producer my purpose and drive is to support artists to reach their full potential, create meaningful and relevant development opportunities, have a responsibility to network and understand a wider perspective in order to share this with the artists of the North East, the Artistic Team and my Dance City colleagues.”