Candoco Dance Company was founded in 1991 by Celeste Dandeker and Adam Benjamin. The company developed from workshops led by Celeste and Adam at the Aspire centre, and grew quickly into the first company of its kind in the UK – a professional dance company focused on the integration of disabled and non-disabled dancers.

At the heart of our work are our national and international productions, created by world class choreographers. Alongside these, through our Learning and Development projects and activities we provide access to the highest quality of work for people participating in dance for pure enjoyment, or as part of a developing career.

And Who Shall Go To The Ball? – Resource for Schools and Colleges

In 2010 And Who Shall Go To The Ball? was reconstructed and especially re-filmed in the company’s dance studio for this Resource for Schools and Colleges. This specially created resource gives teachers and students access to all sections of the work close up, 4 specific sections for students to learn and shots of the set. And Who Shall Go To The Ball? is one of the prescribed works on the AQA GCSE Dance Specification and is suitable for study for GCSE Dance and other school and college dance courses. It is the only resource of this type from a company of disabled and non-disabled dancers and is therefore of value to all dance teachers and students, whether in Key Stage 3 or Higher Education.

School Workshops:

GCSE Workshop for Students (day long)

An intensive one day workshop based on And Who Shall Go To The Ball?, choreographed by Rafael Bonachela in 2007 for Candoco Dance Company.

Two Candoco artists will lead a warm up that introduces the style of the work to your students, moving on to teach them two phrases from the work, explore partner work and develop their own creative material, culminating with a sharing of the work they have created and critical feedback from the dancers

£500 plus travel and accommodation

GCSE Workshop for Students (3 hours)

An Introduction to And Who Shall Go To The Ball? Choreographed by Rafael Bonachela in 2007 for Candoco Dance Company.

Two Candoco artists will lead a warm up that introduces the style of the work to your students and teach them a phrase from the work, moving on to use this to create their own material and develop their performance skills.

£250 plus travel and accommodation

Teacher Training and Resources:

Complete Resource Pack

Complete Resource Pack for Schools and College: includes DVD Resource with 2 films of the work and 4 tutorials, written resource pack (hard copy) and on Candoco USB, all in Perspex Candoco folder.

£25 (plus £5.00 postage)

DVD Resource

DVD Resource with 2 films of the work and 4 tutorials

£15 (plus £2.50 postage)

Written Resource Pack

Written Resource Pack comes as colour PDF on Candoco USB. Written Resource is made up of 3 key sections: Introduction to Candoco, About the Work and How To – choreographic tutorials making teaching the work straight forward for teachers.

£10 (plus £5.00 postage)

GCSE Workshop for Teachers

Candoco “Turning 20” at Southbank Centre

Monday 10 October 2011, 10.30am-5pm

Blue Room Royal Festival Hall

A one day seminar exploring Rafael Boncahela’s And Who Shall Go to the Ball? created for Candoco in 2007. This exhilarating work has recently been added to the prescribed works on the AQA GCSE Dance specifcation. The day will introduce teachers to the key themes of the work, practically explore material through workshops with school students and culminate with a surgery session on adaptation and inclusive practice.

Limited capacity (15)

£100 per teacher

INSET Training for Teachers (day long)

This one day session explores the key themes, style and motifs of And Who Shall Go To The Ball?, choreographed by Rafael Bonachela in 2007 for Candoco Dance Company.

Two Candoco artists will offer specific advice on adaptation as well as guidance on developing tasks suggested in the Resource Pack and additional creative material to challenge students at all levels.

Included in the INSET are:

Complete Resource Pack for Schools and College – includes DVD Resource with 2 films of the work and 4 tutorials, written resource pack (hard copy) and on Candoco USB, all in Perspex Candoco folder

DVD Resource with 2 films of the work and 4 tutorials

Written Resource Pack, comes as colour PDF on Candoco USB. The Written Resource is made up of 3 key sections: Introduction to Candoco, About the Work and How To – choreographic tutorials making teaching the work straight forward for teachers.

£500 per day plus travel and accommodation for outside London