Candoco
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Artists

Introducing the talented artists who are part of Candoco.
Candoco’s company of dancers is dedicated to making, performing and teaching outstanding dance in the UK and internationally.

We just announced the new cohort of Dancers who will perform in our new commission in collaboration with Dan Daw Creative Projects, set to premiere and tour in 2025. In the section below, you can learn more about the extraordinary experiences and creative practices of our Dancers and Candoco Teaching Artists.

Dancers

Headshot of Temitope Ajose, a person with mid-length dreadlocks, wearing a bright silver jacket over a yellow top, and smiling warmly at the camera. Temi self describes as: a tall black woman, in her mid 40's with mid length, small sister locks.

Temitope Ajose

Dancer

Temitope Ajose is a London-based Dance Artist with an interest in myth, psychology and magic. Often playing between the sacred and absurd, Temitope’s creative process is intuitive, idiosyncratic and very human.
Headshot of Annie Edwards, a person with short, blonde curly hair, smiling at the camera. They are wearing a grey and purple top layered under a black gilet jacket, with their arms positioned behind their back. Annie self-describes as: a small white woman in her 20's with short curly hair.

Annie Edwards

Dancer

Annie Edwards is a Dance Artist from Brighton. Her main artistic interests lie in improvisation, collaborative processes and disability advocacy. Her approach to dance is as a way to inhabit and understand the body expansively. She enjoys moving sensitively- with joy, patience and presence.
Headshot of Maiya Leeke: a person with short blond hair styled into a messy bun on top. They are wearing a multi-coloured jumper and are smiling while looking directly at the camera. Maiya self-describes as: a white woman in her late 20's using an active wheelchair with cambered wheels.

Maiya Leeke

Dancer

Maiya Leeke is a Contemporary Dancer, Choreographer, and Musician. Her practice is rooted in her musicianship as a Classical Flautist and Jazz Saxophonist combined with her enquiry into the translation and communication of movement.
Headshot of James Olivo, a person with a shaved bald head and wearing earrings and a black long-sleeve shirt. They are smiling and looking slightly to the side, away from the camera. James self-describes as: a Filipino-Chinese person in their late 20's, with a shaved head.

James Olivo

Dancer

James Olivo is a freelance Dance Artist dedicated to developing and exploring his own style of movement and expression - seamlessly blending elements from contemporary dance, with influences from hip-hop battle scenes, cultures, and communities worldwide.
Headshot of Anna Seymour, smiling with short curly brown hair. They are wearing an orange top with a black bra visible underneath. Anna describes herself as follows: Anna has dark brown curly hair just above her shoulders with a fringe, brown eyes, fair skin with freckles, a nose ring and has a petite frame. Anna self-describes as: a 40 year old white woman with dark curly hair that comes to just above the shoulder and a wavy fringe. They have a nose ring an freckles. They are D/deaf and have a petit frame.

Anna Seymour

Dancer

Anna Seymour is an Australian-born, Deaf, Dance Artist and Actress based in London. After being based in Melbourne for 14 years, Anna moved to London in 2020 to join Candoco. She is deeply honoured to be part of the company's legacy and is passionate about using movement as a tool for connection, joy, and individual and collective resilience.

Candoco Teaching Artists

Vanessa Abreu. A smiling woman with dark hair is wearing a dark blue jumper. We can just see a white tshirt with black strips appearing at the neckline

Vanessa Abreu

Candoco Teaching Artist

Vanessa is a Portuguese/Mozambican dance artist, teacher, yoga instructor and nutritional therapist based in London.
Susanna Dye. Susanna has pale blue eyes and dark hair. They are wearing a black tshirt with a white collar.

Xan Dye

Candoco Teaching Artist

Xan's practice is unfolding from questioning how they can dismantle the access barriers they experience to dance as a neurodivergent artist.
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Mirabelle Haddon

Candoco Teaching Artist

Mirabelle (she/her) is a Deaf dance and performance artist based in London, whose creative practice explores the intersections of Queerness and Disability.
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Bel Eade

Candoco Teaching Artist

Bel (they/them) is a neuroqueer movement artist and SEN support worker, born and bred in South East London
Dermot Farrell. A smiling headshot of a dancer with short red hair and black framed glasses. He is wearing a black tshirt.

Dermot Farrell

Candoco Teaching Artist

Dermot is a teaching artist for the company. He previously attended Candoco's weekly class programme and attended many of the company's professional training and development workshops.
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Kitty Fedorec

Candoco Teaching Artist

Kitty has worked as a professional freelance dance artist and creator, and since 2011 has worked with Candoco as an associate artist.
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Billy Gigurtsis

Candoco Teaching Artist

Billy is an interdisciplinary choreographer and performer based in London. His practice sits at the intersection of movement, systems, and technology.
Caroline Lofthouse. A headshot of a smiling person with short blonde slicked back hair

Caroline Lofthouse

Candoco Teaching Artist

Caroline is a dance artist who works as a performer, educator / facilitator, choreographer and movement director.
Corinne Meredith. A headshot of a smiling person with tied back light brown tightly curled hair

Corinne Meredith

Candoco Teaching Artist

Paulina Porwollik. A headshot of a smiling person with long blonde hair wearing a white v necked tshirt

Paulina Porwollik

Candoco Teaching Artist

Paulina Porwollik is originally from Hamburg, Germany. She has been working as a professional contemporary dancer for several years in the UK and throughout Europe.
Hannah Raynor. A headshot of a smiling person with long reddish brown hair who is wearing a black t-shirt

Hannah Raynor

Candoco Teaching Artist

A person wearing a light jeans jacket smiles against a deep blue background. Ania self-describes as follows: "I am a light skinned Latin American, non-binary person. I have a shaved head, big brown eyes and thick dark eyebrows."

Ania Varez

Candoco Teaching Artist

Ania Varez (they/them) is a Venezuelan dance artist, performer and facilitator based in Bristol, making generous performances that live in-between the sociopolitical and the poetic.
Ted Wilkinson. A headshot of a person wearing a grey tshirt and short brown hair and stubble

Ted Wilkinson

Candoco Teaching Artist

Ophir Yaron. A headshot of a smiling person wearing a black tshirt and with black hair tied up in a messy bun

Ophir Yaron

Candoco Teaching Artist

Jay is looking into the camera with a blue background behind them. They have short pink hair and they are wearing a black vest top with some silver necklaces.

Jay Yule

Candoco Teaching Artist

Jay works as a dancer, choreographer and teacher. Jay fosters inclusivity into the way they create, making art which can be viewed by anyone with the hope of imparting a sense of activism from watching.