Mentoring and Advisory

This part of my offering is all about supporting you to be great. As a former experienced producer, project manager and ex-Community Dance Artist, I have the skills, toolkit, and connections necessary to make projects, performances and programmes of any scale happen smoothly and brilliantly. I ‘get it’ - from the inside out. 

As an advocate for better leadership within the industry, I not only role-model leadership but mentor individuals to enable their development and inspire real, positive change. I act as a guide, support, and strategic thinker to allow my mentees to be their best selves. 

Through both my mentoring & my advisory services, I love collaborating with artists and leaders to achieve their true greatness and unleash their creative power to the world. 

My Skills & Experience

  • 6 Outdoor festivals, 6 theatre performances, and many cultural events developed and/or produced since May 2020 including leading LYNNEBEC’s Athletes Welcome Ceremonies, a newly co-created outdoor show called ‘A Thousand Welcomes’ for Birmingham 2022

  • 115 Artists supported to develop their practice or presentation of new work since 2020  

  • Over 20 R&D projects supported since October 2020 - including the start-up process and initial R&D in a leadership role with Propel Dance, the UK’s first professional wheelchair dance company.

  • Track record of project/programme experience and delivery at all scales 

  • Award-winning for “Shaping Young Lives” in 2016 (UKActive)

  • As an ex-artist and all-round creative problem solver, I fundamentally understand the artistic process, creative people, and their needs 

Testimonials

What did my clients get out of working with me…

“Amy’s mentorship has seen me through many personal and career milestones, her advice and support is infallible.”

“A steady pair of hands.”

“Simply outstanding! A brilliant person to work with and I feel inspired each time we work together / we have sessions.”

“Amy’s mentorship has seen me through many personal and career milestones, her advice and support is infallible.” “A steady pair of hands.” “Simply outstanding! A brilliant person to work with and I feel inspired each time we work together / we have sessions.”

“She is an excellent listener and is therefore able to direct, guide, and challenge me in a very knowledgeable and supportive way.”

“We always feel ‘held’ - the project and the people - by your presence.”

“Amy is confident and comes across as a strong producer and strategic person in the arts, she speaks with honesty, she makes you feel at ease with approaching conflictual thoughts and finding solutions.”

“She is an excellent listener and is therefore able to direct, guide, and challenge me in a very knowledgeable and supportive way.” “We always feel ‘held’ - the project and the people - by your presence.” “Amy is confident and comes across as a strong producer and strategic person in the arts, she speaks with honesty, she makes you feel at ease with approaching conflictual thoughts and finding solutions.”

“Amy has supported me with my project amazingly. From the initial idea, the bid writing, support during project, the ACE evaluation and 'next steps'."

"Amy has been very supportive to me on a personal level and her passion & belief in me really encouraged me to keep on keeping on."

“ Amy's knowledge, experience and passion for what you do; her ability to succinctly summarise and understand challenges, situations and processes; and her ability and willingness to push something to the next level.”

“Amy has supported me with my project amazingly. From the initial idea, the bid writing, support during project, the ACE evaluation and 'next steps'." "Amy has been very supportive to me on a personal level and her passion & belief in me really encouraged me to keep on keeping on." “ Amy's knowledge, experience and passion for what you do; her ability to succinctly summarise and understand challenges, situations and processes; and her ability and willingness to push something to the next level.”

How it works

  • We’ll have a meeting to discuss your ideas. I’ll work with you to help you define your goals and outline our next steps to bring your vision to life. 

  • As I said, every project is unique so what we do here varies hugely. But with your goals defined and a mutual understanding of my role, we start making steps towards your goals. 

  • All the best things take time to create, and I’m here to work with you for as long as you’d like. Whether it’s one show a couple of months from now, or defining and seeing through your 5 year strategy, I’m on board. During this time we’ll be problem solving, making connections and making it happen. 

  • I think it’s always important to reflect in order to improve, so at the end of each project I like for us to take time to reflect on our process, identify next steps or how to further the project and collaborating on what the next goals look like. 

If you would like to discuss Producing or Mentoring opportunities, please get in touch or book a call with me using the calendar below.