candoco dance company
Bridging the mainstream and the experimental, our bold approach and powerful
collaborations create distinctive performances and far-reaching learning
experiences. We celebrate different ways of seeing, of being and of making art,
putting us at the forefront of conversation around dance and disability. The
company, founded in 1991 by Celeste Dandeker-Arnold OBE and Adam Benjamin,
collaborates with some of the industry’s most renowned choreographers and
artists. We create performance work that is presented at prestigious venues and
festivals in the UK and internationally. In 2018, Candoco created a sensation
when it became the first contemporary dance company to appear on the BBC’s
Strictly Come Dancing, performing to over 10 million people. More recently, the
company ran a 2-week residential dance training intensive for young disabled and
non-disabled dancers supported by fashion retailer ASOS. In autumn 2019, the
company premiered a new work, Hot Mess, by choreographer Theo Clinkard at
Warwick Arts Centre, and completed a tour of the Caucasus.
