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Who
CANDOCO DANCE COMPANY IS THE COMPANY OF DISABLED AND NON-DISABLED DANCERS, FOUNDED IN 1991.

When
What
Help the disabled and non-disabled to enjoy dance or begin a career in dance
Why
Where
How

They use the term disabled and non-disabled rather than disabled and able bodied to try and instill equality in their ethos.

Company has a ‘come as you are’ policy. They don’t want their members to change or try to fit into a particular mould and are instead encouraged to stand out. They embrace individuality and diversity.


As the Arts Council England puts it: ‘Diversity and equality are crucial to the arts because they sustain, refresh, replenish and release the true potential of [ ] artistic talent regardless of people’s background.[…] [Diversity] is an important element in the dynamic that drives art forward, that innovates it and brings it closer to a profound dialogue with contemporary society’.
Being a form of art you execute and interpret work in your own way. Therefore nothing can ever be wrong

Youth dance clubs
Schools and colleges
youth companies, to our workshops, regular classes, intensives and training modules, seeks to make a long term change in the vibrancy of dance and the range of dancers you see on stage

Believe that by having both disabled and non-disabled individuals, makes for more interesting dance and diversity. Increases people's awareness and acceptance

Candoco Dance Company was founded in 1991 by Celeste Dandeker Arnold and Adam Benjamin. The Company developed out of integrated workshops at London’s Aspire Centre for Spinal Injury and quickly grew into the first company of its kind in the UK – a professional dance company focused on the integration of disabled and non-disabled artists.
continued to push the boundaries of the definition of dance with bold and diverse commissions.

Candoco Dance Company is a non-profit company and a registered charity
The company is based in London with an office in Islington and a rehearsal studio theatre located at Aspire Leisure Centre in Stanmore.



Income: Other sources of income include income earned through performances: co-commissions, touring guaranteed fee, foreign fees, merchandise, and income earned through learning programmes, including workshop and consultancy fees, Youth classes, Candoco Artists, Candoco Dialogues and Candoco Learning International.
Company do a workshop a choreographer, if the members and leaders are impressed and interested then they plan workshops over the next 1-3 years with them. We are generally interested in choreographers who place a great emphasis on exploring the body and how the body works - both in theoretical and abstract ways

By not having a fixed choreographer, there are never any issues concerning a single artistic voice being expressed.  Ultimately, we look for distinct voices as well as artists who propose a form of change within dance, as this is a major driving force for Candoco. Dance is a great medium but it can be very ‘selective’ in regards to who can take part. We want to change that.

They often hold audition and scout new members

In the early years it was difficult even to have wheelchair
accessible studios. It still happens but less frequently now. Even to
think of access in broader terms is a development. Now we discuss Sign
Language Interpretation and Audio Description with venues and there are
companies specialising in ‘relaxed performances’ aimed at people with
Autism, sensory and communication disorders or a learning disability

Picture sourced from: http://www.candoco.co.uk/

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