Lead: Performance and Commissions
Candoco Dance Company Closing date: Mon, 18 May 2026
- Full time
- £40k-£50k
- Apply now
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Job Summary
Job Description
This is a strategic leadership role for an exceptional senior producer who combines artistic vision with an entrepreneurial mindset.
You will lead the Performance and Commissions pillar, one of four pillars in Candoco's strategic framework (the others being Skills and Leadership, Advocacy, and Partnerships).
Programmes within the Performance and Commissions pillar are Choreo Accelerator, our flagship producing programme, and Motion Shorts, a digital commissioning programme.
You will be responsible for the full business model of the Performance and Commissions pillar, managing artist and partner relationships, income generation, expenditure and delivery and ensuring the programmes align with Candoco's strategic ambitions.
You will also contribute your expertise to support work sitting under the Partnerships pillar, and play a central role in how Candoco makes curatorial decisions as a member of our Artistic Assembly, which is convened to inform artist selection across our programmes.
The Performance and Commissions pillar is instrumental to our transition from a touring ensemble to a producing company with the Choreo Accelerator at the heart of that shift.
Immediate priorities will be:
- Finalising our partnerships and a touring network infrastructure for our Choreo Accelerator Commission (building on the work undertaken by our outgoing Interim Lead Performance and Commissions)
- Delivering a Commissioning Readiness Programme for selected applicants to the Choreo Accelerator
- Selecting, alongside an Artistic Assembly, our first Choreo Accelerator Commission recipient and supporting them through a research and development period.
- Overseeing, with the support of our Company Producer, the launch of our new suite of digital short form films (Motion Shorts) designed to celebrate and spotlight D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent makers and performers.
Job Requirements
Essential Skills:
- Senior producing experience and tour booking track record
- Strong sector relationships and ability to build partnerships
- Income generating/contract negotiation experience
- Experience fundraising and application writing
- Multi-stakeholder relationship management
- Understanding of D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists' barriers and career pathways
- Practical experience of access-centred producing, including budgeting for and coordinating artist access requirements
- Ability to design and build new programmes and frameworks
- Strong reading and written English, essential for managing correspondence, reporting, and stakeholder relationships
Desirable Skills:
- Digital production experience
- Artist development programme design
- Familiarity with Touring Tax Relief
- ACE funding landscape knowledge
- IP and rights management
Job Responsibilities
Strategic Business Leadership
- Develop income strategies including tour fees, partnership contributions and other revenue streams
- Identify funders and support the Executive Director drafting applications.
- Gather learning and reflections to contribute to best practice guides/resources
Partnership Development
- Secure a minimum of 6 venues/organisations to co-commission and host Choreo Accelerator
- Maintain and develop ongoing Partner Network relationships
-Design an application process and support offers for Choreo Accelerator and Digital Micro Commissions
- Manage intellectual property considerations across commissions and partnerships
Artistic Leadership and Curation
-Support the convening/facilitation of the Artistic Assembly
- Maintain the Ethical Framework and Curatorial Statement
- Advocate for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent choreographers' career pathways
Team Work
- Contribute to Candoco's collaborative culture
- Champion equity, diversity and intersectionality
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Job Overview
- Job Title: Lead: Performance and Commissions
- Salary: £40k-£50k
- Hours: Full time
- Artform: Dance
- Role: Creative
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Mon, 18 May 2026
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Location:
London
How to Apply
You can apply for this role via our website.
To apply, please complete our Lead: Performance and Commissions application form, which can be found on our website.
You can submit your answers by video, audio or any other alternative method (which you can do using the form).
Please ensure any alternative submission does not exceed 10 minutes in duration.
Please also attach a CV / up to date LinkedIn profile or any other alternative version of your employment history.
On submitting your application, please also confirm the completion of our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.
The deadline for applications is 10am, Monday 18 May 2026 (BST).
We will inform shortlisted applicants by 22 May and hold interviews week commencing 25 May.
- Contact name: Melanie Precious
- Contact email: [email protected]
About Candoco Dance Company
Candoco is a producing dance company and artist development organisation. We expand what dance can be, who makes it and who experiences it. We believe dance is better when difference is celebrated.
Based at Mountview Academy in Peckham, South London, we are a national organisation, flexible by design, without a fixed studio.
Over 35 years we have built a repertoire of remarkable work, performed by a company of disabled and non-disabled dancers, touring to major venues across the UK and abroad