Fertile Ground – Artistic Director

Fertile Ground is a dance company focused on early career dancers and based in Newcastle. The company performs and gives workshops across the North-East region and beyond, showcasing great talent and great work in unusual settings.

FG, formerly Dora Frankel Dance, established in 2013 is a project based company limited by
guarantee with dance talent retention and sector development as its heart. It is currently
applying for charitable status.

The new Artistic Director, will be an experienced and dynamic individual with exceptional
knowledge of the dance sector and experience of leadership, with strategic skills. They will also have
a proven track record in delivering or overseeing choreographic creation, touring and participatory
work and possess project management skills.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Development Director and Board to lead and
realise the vision, aims and plans for the future with a particular view to the next 3 year period and
be able to support the delivery of the business plan and upscaling of this unique company. They will
be an individual who bring bold ideas and vision particularly in terms of talent retention, diversity
and programming and have a network of significant contacts, regionally, nationally and
internationally. They will be a proactive individual capable of developing commissions with other
arts, heritage and similar organisations and some-one who demonstrates commitment to equality,
diversity and excellence.

This is a fixed fee post of 10k from March – July 2018
It is planned that the role will lead to a permanent salaried position.

Click here to download the application form.
Click here to download the equal opportunities form.