COMMUNITY dancers will share the stage with acclaimed professionals for a series of showcase performances.

Dancers from Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Darlington and Newcastle are working with the professional performer and choreographer Laurie Booth, and the balletLORENT company to devise unique shows for each area.

The project has been organised by the teesdanceinitiative to celebrate a successful year's work with the community.

The first performance takes place at Middlesbrough's Teesside Tertiary College, tomorrow at 7.30pm.

There will be others this Thursday and next Thursday, at Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre, and Darlington Arts Centre.