Candice Pike (RSDE, M.A., N.D.) a dance artist, educator, and administrator based in Corner Brook, NL. She uses a gentle approach to create, interpret, and share dance through both a somatic and intellectual lens. With an eclectic background of movement, artistic, administrative, and therapeutic experience she continues to consider ways of developing dance practices in rural areas. Her latest projects include a full-length dance work, Ruralesque, that sits at the intersection of contemporary dance, queer burlesque, and traditional Newfoundland culture and a large scale collaborative community performance along the T’railway. Candice also practices 'community networking choreography' by designing and facilitating a number of arts engagement and mentorship programs.

Candice received a Master of Arts degree in Dance from York University, is an ISMETA Registered Somatic Dance Educator, has a post-secondary certificate in dance education, and is a . As a dance educator with over 20 years experience, she is committed to empowering people to understand their own incredible potential for movement and creativity. She has facilitated classes and workshops using her unique approach to movement, improvisation, and creativity education for private studios and community organizations. She has also developed and taught integrated arts curricula in public schools and post-secondary institutions, including Memorial University where has developed and taught movement courses for the BFA theatre program. Candice’s students have gone on to study dance at York University, University of Calgary, Sheridan College, St Clair College, St. Lawrence College, School of the Toronto Dance Theatre, and more.

Candice is engaged as s volunteer and contract staff member with a number of different Canadian arts and dance organizations. She works as a consultant for not-for-profit and arts organizations who want to take innovative approaches to governance, operations, and strategic planning.

Candice was the 2021 recipient of the Diane Moore Legacy Award from Live Art Dance. In 2017 Candice was awarded the Corner Brook ACE award for Overall Artist of the Year. And she was 2014 recipient of Neighbourhood Dance Works’ Roberta Thomas Legacy Award.