There are two other companies that caught my attention and that I will include in this post. These are:
Candaco Dance Company are a contemporary dance company who use able and disabled dancers. The company was founded in 1991 by Celeste Dandeker and Adam Benjamin. Celeste used to be a ballet dancer until she was involved in a serious accident where she broke her back and was confined to a wheelchair, not being able to follow her dream as a ballet dancer. Her teacher told her to use her talents in another way and she did.
Candoco has won many awards for it's work inspiring people, able and disabled, and uniting them using something that they all love: dance. They also performed at the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic games, a very honouring thing for them.
This company stood out to me for it's success and particularly because of the background of one of the founders, Celeste. I think that she was very brave and it must have been horrible for her to have gone through what she did but she ended up achieving something bigger. Their dance pieces are beautiful as well.
Another Company I chose was Mousetrap Theatre Projects.
Mousetrap Theatre Projects gives theatre students theatre tickets at a lower price so that they can watch theatre for less and it gives everyone equal opportunities. It does the same for children with disabilities but the environment they see the show in is accustomed to them. Everyone in the audience are children with disabilities, their carers and families and it takes the pressure off parents in case their child has an outburst and starts making noise. They don't have to worry about it there because everybody is in the same boat, the all understand. The music is quieter and the lights are softer so that it won't trigger seizures or scare the children.
Mousetrap caught my eye because it's not like all the other companies that were chosen, it was unique and I like what it does, that it takes the pressure off carers and that everyone there can enjoy themselves. It helps the community and gives them a rare chance to see theatre in a comfortable environment
Mouetrap's mission statement:
"We believe that all young people should have the opportunity to attend outstanding theatre, irrespective of their cultural, social or economic background. Our mission is to increase young people’s access to the best of live theatre in London (particularly young people with limited resources, opportunities or support) and to enable them to engage creatively with that experience."
Mousetrap's core values:
"To develop programmes in consultation with users and in response to an identified need
To work collaboratively with other arts and education organisations and theatres
To maintain our strategic and programming independence
To deliver our programmes with rigour, integrity and artistic excellence
To evaluate and refine programmes on a continuous basis."
Now a video that explains Mousetrap more in depth:
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