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Photographers: Anthony Crickmay, Hugo Glendinning, Felix Lammers, Ben Johnson, Pedro Machado, Rachel Cherry
• Pushing the boundaries of contemporary dance
• Expanding perception of what dance is and who can dance.
• Daring, excellent, bold, unexpected
A vision of excellence
Inclusion in action
Disabled and non-disabled dancers
Commission professionalchoreographers
Learning in all our work
Training on the job
Art not therapy
History1991 CandoCo founded by Celeste Dandeker and
Adam Benjamin1994 CandoCo’s Dance for Camera film ‘Outside
In’ broadcast on BBC Television1995 CandoCo awarded for revenue funding from
the Arts Council of England1997 UK audience figures topped 16,000 per year
with 46 international performances1999 CandoCo moves into its own studio at
ASPIRE in north London2003 Nominated for the UK Critics’ Circle Best
Modern Repertoire Award2004 CandoCo opens first full-time training course
in Dance for Disabled People2005 CandoCo Wins the Manchester Evening
News Award for Dance2007 Celeste Dandeker awarded an OBE and
retires, new Co-Artistic Directors recruited2008 Candoco presenting first ever disabled
performers part of Olympic Ceremony in Beijing
2012 Candoco performs at Closing Ceremony of London Paralympic Games
Rafael Bonachela’s And Who Shall Go To The Ball (2007)
How do we work now?
Three strands of work:
Creation of excellent and original work that inspires and excites audiences
Delivery of bespoke training
Advocacy for change in the cultural sector
Notturnino, Thomas Hauert, 2014
Candoco Values influencing our commissions
Start with creativity and physicality
Focus on ability
Diversity is a strength,inevitable and exciting part of life
Sameness is limiting
Move away from idea of difference as negative, a problem, a deficit, something to be fixed
Programming inclusive work
What does inclusivity mean and how to develop it with the artists?
Look at the possibilities of the work to reach the audience in various ways
Working with Candoco or other disabled artists means programmers may need to rethink assumptions
Diversity leads to new questions and reaching wider audiences
Fin Walker’s The Journey, 2005
Context and audiences
Alternative performance spaces
Audience engagement
Digital content
This is It, Matthias Sperling, Duckie, 2013
How does Candoco values relate to programming inclusive work?
Empowerment through: ChoiceConfidenceCreativitySkills
Work to increase opportunity
Lead by example
Advocate for quality
Campaign for access
Clear messages
Cultural not medical
Learning embedded throughout to create access to the work
Changing attitudes by doing