CandoCo

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CandoCo Dance Company is a contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers. Founded in 1991 by Celeste Dandeker and Adam Benjamin. Dandeker, who had previously trained with the London Contemporary Dance Theatre suffered a fall whilst dancing on stage.^[1] A consequent spinal injury prevented her ability to dance, until choreographer Darshan Singh Buller persuaded Dandeker to dance again, albeit from her wheelchair for the subsequently award-winning dance film The Fall.^[2] From this, Dandeker took inspiration to create CandoCo, which, since its inception, has been creating an inclusive dance practice,^[3] and has subsequently won many awards.^[4] The company have worked with many contemporary choreographers including Rafeal Bonachela, Fin Walker, Siobhan Davies, Javier De Frutos and Stephen Petronio, amongst many others.^[5] They are based at Aspire National training centre in Stanmore, North London. ^[6]

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