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.
News & Announcements
Let’s get technical
Kimberley Harvey, Candoco's Director of the Youth Dance Programme, writes about her experience of technical training as a dance artist, performer and facilitator and how perceptions of technique and its application in an inclusive environment continue to evolve.
“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.
Reflections on The Argonauts
Welly O'Brien and Jemima Hoadley reflect on The Argonauts and what could have been.
We’ve been sent to our room to think
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
‘The first time I saw contemporary dance, I was immediately hooked’
Meet Candoco's co-founder, Celester Dandeker-Arnold OBE as she discusses her way into dance and creating the company with Adam Benjamin.
Unlimited: Making the Right Moves
Unlimited: Making the Right Moves was a six-year programme run by the British Council, in partnership with Candoco across Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine.
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 at Christmas and much more!
“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?’
Moving Beyond Inclusion and the pursuit of progress
Joanne, General Manager at Candoco Dance Company, looks at dance inclusivity and Candoco's collaboration with international organisations on the project Moving Beyond Inclusion.
Bringing letters to life
Reflections on our Dancing Letters project from participant Ashley Crawford.
Dancer Development Day 2018
In February, Ben Wright and Charlotte Darbyshire hosted their very first Candoco Dancer Development Day as Artistic Co-Directors at the Davies Studio, Roehampton University.