TYPE OF WORK
Integrated contemporary dance performance and education and training programmes.

TARGET GROUPS
Integrated groups of people with and without physical disabilities, young people, dance practitioners and teachers.

GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT
UK, South America, South Asia, Central and Eastern Europe.

COMPANY POLICY
Education and training programme to develop a dance style suitable for non-disabled participants and those with physical and/or sensory disabilities. To encourage further research and development in integrated contemporary dance through training for professional dance artists, teachers and those working in the dance and education sectors.

SCALE OF PROJECTS
Number of Practitioners: 2-3
Number of participants: 5-20
Preparation time: Varies
Contact time: Half-day workshop – 2 week residency

PERMANENT STAFF: 16
Celeste Dandeker, Artistic Director
Dawn Prentice, Administrative Director
Verity Golding, Administrator
Sarah Howard, Education Officer
Jenny Miles, Marketing Manager

Inclusive dance project (Sri Lanka, 2002)
In Sri Lanka the company dancers worked with a local integrated theatre group, Sri Lankan dance students and young soldiers who were injured during the recent conflicts in their country. This was the first time many of them had experienced dance and certainly the first time they had all worked together as a group. Some of the participants have since made a brief visit to the company in the UK as part of a wider training/development programme.

Choreographic residency (Russia, 2001)
The company led a choreographic residency with teacher training elements in Volgograd, Russia. Participants from all over the country took part in this integrated dance project. There were also observers present throughout the residency (social workers, teachers etc.) whose aim was to learn about CandoCo’s methodology and take it back to use in their own work.

Bulgaria
As a result of a previous visit to Bulgaria, the company are returning to provide in-depth training for an existing group of disabled artists. The main aim of this project is to disseminate CandoCo’s integrated dance practice, to foster creativity among the group and to provide teacher training (summer 2003).

Dawn Prentice or Verity Golding
CandoCo Dance Company
2T Leroy House
436 Essex Road
London N1 3QP

T +44 (0)20 7704 6845
F +44 (0)20 7704 1645

E info@candoco.co.uk
W www.candoco.co.uk

“The content, structure and adaptability of the course were excellent.”
Participant, teacher training course (2002)

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