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.
As I sit down to write my yearly festive round-up, I think back to February, when we performed what were to be our only live shows of 2020 in Bristol, Manchester and London. Little did we know what the year had in store for us.
“My parents gave me the freedom to choose what happens to my body.”
For International Day of Disabled Persons, Candoco’s Marketing Officer, Becky Dann spoke to Candoco Dancer, Mickaella, about her experiences of becoming disabled and about how she feels about disability in Brazil compared to the UK.
In June 2019, a group of disabled and non-disabled performers from the South Caucasus and Ukraine started rehearsals for a show that would become The Argonauts.
Six years ago, Laura Patay joined Candoco Dance Company. Three years later, partner Nico Vendange joined too. Now, the duo are heading onto new adventures and saying their goodbyes to Candoco Dance Company. In this journal, they share their best moments with the company and what they've learnt.
Kimberley Harvey, Director of Candoco’s Youth Dance Programme and independent disabled artist reflects on the art world during lockdown and how disabled artists voices need to be heard as we emerge from COVID-19