School Shows

Candace pursued the majority of her physical training at The Commedia School located in Copenhagen, Denmark. There she studied many styles including; Mime, Acrobatics, Mask, Storytelling, Clown, Melodrama, Buffon, Cabaret and Commedia. As a part of each study the students must create a final showcase for the public to demonstrate their ability to apply their new knowledge to the stage. Here Candace highlights three of the styles she has found hold a large influence over her career.

The Clown Show

“It was at that point, when they saw their weaknesses, that everyone burst out laughing, not at the characters that they had been trying to show us, but at the person underneath, stripped bare for all to see.” Le Corps Poétique, Jacques Lecoq translated by David Bradby

Bouffon

"Bouffons deal essentially with the social dimension of human relations, showing up its absurdities.” Le Corps Poétique, Jacques Lecoq translated by David Bradby

The Commedia Show

"But a kind of theatre that points out our human frailties and foibles in such an honest, unpretentious way, a theatre in which actors are skillful, perceptive, inventive, united, and generous, seems to me to be much needed today. In a world gone mad, who has more to say to us than the zanies?” Commedia and the Actor, Carlo Mazzone-Clementi