Quotes

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For our 2008/09 Programme with works by Hofesh Shechter & Nigel Charnock

Being disabled needn’t stop you being a dancer. One of the most memorable shows at this month’s British Dance Edition festival, Still, by the London company Candoco, was a sexy, funny, subversive and sometimes thrilling piece performed by a cast of seven

Scotland on Sunday 2010

A fantastical and emotive journey through love, life, anger and death

Dance Expression 2009

Still […] is a success

Evening Standard 2009

Classy

The Guardian 2009


For our 2007/08 Programme with works by Rafael Bonachela & Arthur Pita

Candoco is the company for which choreographers reserve their wildest and often most inventive work

Observer 2007

Candoco continue their smart, effortlessly trend surfing commissioning policy

The Guardian 2007

Candoco’s cast are excellent – the best the company has ever fielded

The Guardian 2007

For our 2005 / 2006 Programme with works by Fin Walker & Athina Vhala

The troupe’s aim isn’t to worthily debunk our preconceptions.  It’s to put on a performance that’s thought-prodding, vital and beautiful.  On all three counts, they don’t disappoint.

The Independent 2006

A breathtaking display of athletic, intimate ability

Bournemouth Daily Echo 2006

The latest programme is typically uncompromising

The Observer 2006

Breathtaking for its skill, athleticism and primal passion

The Miami Herald 2005

Uplifting and thought provoking. A double-bill that crackles with personality, individuality, passion and humour

Scottish Herald

For our 2002 / 2003 Programme with works by Javier de Frutos, Fin Walker and Jamie Watton

One of the most varied and satisfying mixed bills in ages. Alert and beautifully performed, Walker’s dance sharpens the mind and makes the heart beat faster.

Time Out

Candoco’s new programme is its best yet.  A triple bill that not only builds beautifully but deepens and darkens as it goes along

The Observer

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.

The Guardian