Journal

Our Journal offers you the opportunity to sneak behind the scenes, meet our collaborators, read our musings and reflections, and learn more about how we work.

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The Lost Thing- Rehearsals

Take a look at some behind the scenes shots from Candoco's collaboration with the Royal Opera on Shaun Tan's, The Lost Thing.

My creative work in contemporary and inclusive dance follows a persistent idea – there is a power to acting in any living body and my body is the place where I want to stay…in action.
Mickaella Dantas

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Trailer Inclusive Ben Wright The Lost Thing Royal Opera House Royal Opera Jules Maxwell 2019 Family show Christmas Shaun Tan Rehearsal Works

Inclusive Jo Royce reflections Executive Director The Lost Thing Royal Opera House Royal Opera 2019

What is it like to run an inclusive dance company?

Check out Jo Royce's, Executive Director of Candoco Dance Company, interview with Harper's Bazaar discussing how she became part of the company, her role and Candoco's new production with The Royal Opera this Christmas and much more!

Trailer Images Yasmeen Godder Inclusive highlights 2017 Rehearsal Face In Works

Work highlights: Face In

Take a look at some of the rehearsal shots, pictures from the performance and trailer for Yasmeen Godder's, Face In.

Young Dancers Learning reflections Rehearsal Cando2 Projects

Listening: The key to mustering up a performance to be proud of

Nicola De Maine, ex-service woman and performer, writes about the importance of listening to create Muster, a brand new piece of work which was developed in just one week through a collaboration between Cando2, members of the cast of Charlie F and Shakespeare’s Soldiers, and boys from Caldicott School.

Inclusive Learning long read Rehearsal Projects Works

Immersed in the Lagos way

Candoco embarked on an exciting project with British Council Nigeria, aiming to support the development of a new work by a choreographer from Lagos. The inclusive work was performed by local dancers later in the year in Lagos. Company dancers Toke, Mirjam and Tanja and Artistic Co-Director Pedro visited earlier to get things started. Toke shares his reflections….

Inclusive practice 2015 Young Dancers reflections

“How I shamed the ballet world” – Candoco’s response

Former Artistic Co-Director, Stine Nilsen, responds to Christopher Hope’s article in The Telegraph, ‘How I shamed the ballet world over ‘discriminating’ against disabled ballerinas’ and Fenella Kennedy’s subsequent blog response, ‘This is what a dancer looks like… why not a ballerina?’

ASOS Training Intensive 2019 Take Part Inclusive Young Dancers

Winners of the 2019 Achates Philanthropy Prize

We are very proud to have received the Achates Philanthropy Prize Corporate Award 2019 sponsored by BOP Consulting for our partnership with ASOS.

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Dance students undertake placements with Candoco

We recognise that a valuable placement opportunity is important for dancers in training. Every year we accommodate placement students who get to experience ‘behind the scenes’ access to a touring repertory company.

Intensive Teacher Training Learning 2016 Moving Beyond Inclusion Projects

Inclusive dance teaching is really just good dance teaching

We brought together 20 participants from all over the world for three days with our company dancers and together explored Candoco’s approach to inclusive teaching as well as the foundations of individual teaching practice.

Trailer Set and Reset/ Reset Images Inclusive Trisha Brown Dance Company 2016 highlights Works

Work highlights: Set and Reset/ Reset 2016

Take a look at performance shots and trailer from Set and Reset/Reset. Original choreography by Trisha Brown in 1983.