SIZE OF COMPANY
13 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Middle- to large-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Co-Artistic Directors
Pedro Machado
Stine Nilsen

Executive Director
Lauren Scholey

Education Manager
Luke Pell

Marketing Manager
Nadja Kuenstner

Technical Manager
Ed Trotter

ARTISTIC POLICY
CandoCo Dance Company is the UK’s leading contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers. Since its inception in 1991, CandoCo has introduced a new dance language that both surprises and inspires. The company broadens the perception of what dance is and who can dance by producing creatively ambitious, high quality and challenging dance performance.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘As in a Roald Dahl story The Stepfather is a fairytale with a sordid twist… very funny and most original.’ Independent on Sunday

‘Rafael Bonachela’s meticulously crafted virtuoso number lifted the roof off the QEH…a blast of red-hot physicality.’ Independent on Sunday

‘CandoCo is the company for which choreographers reserve their wildest and often most inventive work.’ Observer

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
The Stepfather/And Who Shall Go To The Ball? Choreographed by Arthur Pita and Rafael Bonachela respectively. (90 mins with interval, 7 dancers on stage in both pieces, 13 on the road.)

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
In 2008 the company will make new work with Hofesh Shechter and Nigel Charnock, also available for touring in 2008/2009.

WRAP-AROUND
CandoCo Dance Company’s education and project work celebrates the individual and their creative potential. Through the delivery of innovative and exceptional practice, the company seeks to nurture the development of dancers and choreographers of all ages, experiences and abilities. The company creates bespoke education offers to meet the needs of its partners through close consultation, identifying clear aims and outcomes for each piece of work. It has extensive experience delivering a range of projects, workshops and artist development activities including: repertory based masterclasses, choreographic residencies, lecture-demonstrations and post performance discussions. The company also offers Continuous Professional Development sessions of varying durations for practitioners, teachers and lecturers as well as contextual presentations and debates about the sector.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Jordan, Switzerland (The Stepfather/And Who Shall Go To The Ball?)
2006 Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, Sweden, USA (The Journey/In Praise of Folly)
2005 Greece (The Journey/In Praise of Folly), Kenya (Microphobia/Human Suite)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
From January 2008