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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