Small beginnings

It began with an idea: unable to join fully in available dance classes, and missing the community of fellow dancers, Katrina Rank, started a class that was challenging yet safe for older bodies.

The classes began at Dancehouse, Carlton, often with only 3 or 4 people. It slowly grew in the first few years, then, in 2016, it ‘burst’ into a significantly large community of 50+ mature age dancers, with whom we continue to dance and make work with. This creative body includes print makers, graphic artists, designers, writers, musicians, choreographers and dancers with deep and sustained practices in the arts and those engaging in the performing arts for the first time.

Building visibility

Fine Lines is interested in sustaining artistic and physical practice and making work that is provocative and conceptually clear.

We present work to raise awareness of the possibilities of movement at any age, to continue to grow as artists and to develop new skills.

We produce live and filmed performances that showcase older dancers as strong, talented, skillful and interesting.

And we aim to reach new audiences, to inspire others to follow their passion.

Fine Lines:

• sees a myriad of possibilities in each body

• questions the use of the familiar and expected

• connects with audiences and advocates for a changed perspective

• questions labels and assumptions

• is bold and uncompromising