Candoco
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Artists

Introducing the talented artists who are part of Candoco.

Candoco Teaching Artists

Vanessa Abreu. A smiling woman with dark hair is wearing a dark blue jumper. We can just see a white tshirt with black strips appearing at the neckline

Vanessa Abreu

Candoco Teaching Artist

Vanessa is a Portuguese/Mozambican dance artist, teacher, yoga instructor and nutritional therapist based in London.
Susanna Dye. Susanna has pale blue eyes and dark hair. They are wearing a black tshirt with a white collar.

Xan Dye

Candoco Teaching Artist

Xan's practice is unfolding from questioning how they can dismantle the access barriers they experience to dance as a neurodivergent artist.
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Bel Eade

Candoco Teaching Artist

Bel (they/them) is a neuroqueer movement artist and SEN support worker, born and bred in South East London
Dermot Farrell. A smiling headshot of a dancer with short red hair and black framed glasses. He is wearing a black tshirt.

Dermot Farrell

Candoco Teaching Artist

Dermot is a teaching artist for the company. He previously attended Candoco's weekly class programme and attended many of the company's professional training and development workshops.
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Kitty Fedorec

Candoco Teaching Artist

Kitty has worked as a professional freelance dance artist and creator, and since 2011 has worked with Candoco as an associate artist.
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Billy Gigurtsis

Candoco Teaching Artist

Billy is an interdisciplinary choreographer and performer based in London. His practice sits at the intersection of movement, systems, and technology.
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Mirabelle Haddon

Candoco Teaching Artist

Mirabelle is a dance artist and performance maker working at the intersection of dance and performance art.
Caroline Lofthouse. A headshot of a smiling person with short blonde slicked back hair

Caroline Lofthouse

Candoco Teaching Artist

Caroline is a dance artist who works as a performer, educator / facilitator, choreographer and movement director.
Corinne Meredith. A headshot of a smiling person with tied back light brown tightly curled hair

Corinne Meredith

Candoco Teaching Artist

Corinne is a Community Dance and Theatre Artist with an MA in Text and Performance Studies from King's College London and RADA and a Postgraduate Diploma in Community Dance from Trinity Laban.
Paulina Porwollik. A headshot of a smiling person with long blonde hair wearing a white v necked tshirt

Paulina Porwollik

Candoco Teaching Artist

Paulina Porwollik is originally from Hamburg, Germany. She has been working as a professional contemporary dancer for several years in the UK and throughout Europe.
Hannah Raynor. A headshot of a smiling person with long reddish brown hair who is wearing a black t-shirt

Hannah Raynor

Candoco Teaching Artist

Hannah is a dancer, teacher and actor with a passion for the arts being accessible to all. Hannah has performed on Strictly Come Dancing, Saturday Night Takeaway and both Wicked Films.
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Ania Varez

Candoco Teaching Artist

Ania Varez (they/them) is a Venezuelan dance artist, performer and facilitator based in Bristol, making generous performances that live in-between the sociopolitical and the poetic.
Ted Wilkinson. A headshot of a person wearing a grey tshirt and short brown hair and stubble

Ted Wilkinson

Candoco Teaching Artist

Ted is a dancer and performer based in Manchester. They have a background in contemporary dance technique, accessible teaching and performance art.
Ophir Yaron. A headshot of a smiling person wearing a black tshirt and with black hair tied up in a messy bun

Ophir Yaron

Candoco Teaching Artist

Jay is looking into the camera with a blue background behind them. They have short pink hair and they are wearing a black vest top with some silver necklaces.

Jay Yule

Candoco Teaching Artist

Jay works as a dancer, choreographer and teacher. Jay fosters inclusivity into the way they create, making art which can be viewed by anyone with the hope of imparting a sense of activism from watching.