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Press Quotes and Articles

Autumn 2010 tour press:

“Wendy Houstoun’s Imperfect Storm really illuminates Candoco’s fine performers…the result is exquisitely ordered chaos in which, with typical Houstoun legerdemain, every dancer’s character is perfectly and poignantly defined. Delicious and very funny.” (Observer)

“Sarah Michelson’s The Hangman…stylish, phenomenally muscular, requiring extraordinary strength and a superb addition to the repertory…Imperfect Storm was an absolute joy and Candoco is on tremendous form.” (Dancing Times)

“Tableaux and body lines are incredible and dancer Annie Hauauer, especially (whose disability is her prosthetic arm) really blows you away with her technique and ability.” (whatsonstage.com)

“Wahoo for Emanuel Gat’s In Translation…short, with interesting and satisfying movement that didn’t feel the need to make some unfathomable statement. It started to a fearsomely fast Bach piano piece, but there was a lengthy quiet section when I was reminded just how good the movement was.” (Ballet.co.uk)

“Emanuel Gat’s In Translation is a hushed abstract composition, set to Bach and interludes of silence, that deftly weaves together fluid phrases for its six dancers. There are slippery trios for the women, like silken knots unbraiding; a duet for two men is tauter, more elastic. It’s a real pleasure to watch.” (Guardian)

“Annie Hanauer shows exceptional grace in her duet work with Darren Anderson, creating tableaux with diving arabesques that reflect a flying bird motif projected onto the back wall, her prosthetic arm extended poetically, a perfect wing.” (londondance)

To read more reviews online please visit the Ballet.co.uk web site or peruse past excepts below. To read full reviews visit our press news section:

“One of the most varied and satisfying mixed bills in ages” Time Out

“Candoco’s new programme is its best yet” Observer

“A triple bill that not only builds beautifully but deepens and darkens as it goes along” Times

“Everybody performs with a fierce honesty” Times

“Moments of real tenderness and beauty” Scotsman

“Uplifting and thought provoking” Scottish Herald

“A double-bill that crackles with personality, individuality, passion and humour” Scottish Herald

“Candoco reinvented the boundaries of dance by proving that virtuosity wasn’t confined to the able bodied. They perform work of poignant grace and shocking physical bravado. They also stripped disability art of its last vestiges of political correctness.” Guardian