March 2012
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February 2012
2 posts
Talking about Short&Sweet
Sasha and Andrew talk about Short&Sweet 7 to Helen Simard from Danscussions and also Sylvain Vestricht from Local Gestures. Sur le même sujet, Gravel Caroline parle à Maud Mazo-Rothenbühler de Danscussions.
Check out the links before to see what was said.
http://www.danscussions.com/
http://www.localgestures.com/
December 2011
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November 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
4 posts
June 2011
5 posts
Great Review of the Found series in DF danse →
The Found series was a crazy success. We got lot of great feedback from National and International presenters and made contacts that will last beyond these two weeks of presentations. This article reinforces our belief in this initiative which we are hoping to make an annual event. It’s written by Marion Gerbier.
Great write up about Short&Sweet in Le Devoir by... →
May 2011
3 posts
Artistic Director of Wants&Needs Andrew Tay voted...
From the Montreal Mirrors Annual survey: http://www.montrealmirror.com/wp/2011/05/12/film-arts-etc/
March 2011
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WatchSome quick video footage of the Place Des Arts installation by departement featuring Andrew Tay artistic director of wants&needs danse. Go down and see it! It will be up for the next year. “Les Disciplines Artistiques” Extrait de l’installation de 18 minutes représentant les thèmes principaux de la Place des Arts au cœur de l’espace culturel ...
January 2011
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Some more great reviews
Thought we’d post some recent reviews of our work in the winter dance season. The following are links to a critque on Involved II which we just presented in December @ Studio 303. Also following that is a really positive reveiw on both Sasha Kleinplatz’s piece All the ladies and AndrewTay’s piece On Power and Permission that were both presented in Oct @ Tangente. Courtesy of...
December 2010
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WatchPromo video for involved II by studio 303. Don’t miss out on this exciting dance event!
November 2010
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October 2010
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September 2010
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August 2010
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June 2010
2 posts
Wants&Needs in the Dance Current!
Wants&Needs danse is featured in the May issue of the Dance Current Magazine. A full article talking about our innovative approach to curating and producing dance events! Check it out at newstands or in a dance studio near you.
May 2010
2 posts
Wants&Needs Featured in Nightlife magazine!!
Wants&Needs were one of 20 artists selected for Nightlife’s class of 2010. Highlighting emerging talent in dance, theatre and performance in Montreal. What a cool concept for a magazine cover and kudos to Nightlife for giving some coverage to contemporary artists other than musicians!! For the full article check out this link: ...
January 2010
3 posts
Involved @ Studio 303
Hello Everyone! Wants&needs is now accepting proposals for a night of dance they are curating in collaboration with Studio 303. We are calling the event involved, and hope that you would be interested in submitting something yourself or could pass this message along to those you think would be. The purpose of Involved is for dance artists to create work that confront the audience’s...
Another Mention for Short&Sweet
Our event Short&Sweet got another mention this time in the mirror as part of their Dance: Year in review! What a positive way for wants&needs to start out 2010…
You can check out the link below:
http://www.montrealmirror.com/2009/122409/yir6.html
December 2009
2 posts
“Joy is often found in community building, and that’s the continuing...”
– From the dance year in review article by Philip Szporer
http://www.hour.ca/stage/stage.aspx?iIDArticle=18973
November 2009
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Short&Sweet @ La Sala Rosa
Dec 3, 2009 $8
Choreographers- Dana Michel, Dana Gingras, Andrew Tay, Sasha Kleinplatz, Thierry Huard, Les Soeurs Schmutt, K8 Alsterlund, Floor Rider and Tonik, Hanako Hoshimi-caines, Leanne Dyer, Victoria Stanton, Sarah Bild, Nicolas Cantin, Kathy&Amy, Sylvain Vestricht, Karen Fennel and Ben Read, Alyson Wishnousky, The Choreographers, Dany Desjardins, Jacques Poulin-Denis, Alli...
October 2009
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Busy November!
Sasha Kleinplatz’s new solo Kick It Off (commissioned by the Fredericton Playhouse) will premiere at the performing and media arts gala Fredericton Onstage on November 27th. This work is a a collaboration between Sasha and Lucy May, who is currently dancing for Marie Chouinard.
Also in Novemeber, Sasha will be re-mounting the award winning piece Oh, Indeed, at the Studio 303...
September 2009
2 posts
Wants&Needs collaborates with Studio 303!
Hey everyone! This season wants&needs danse is proud to collaborate with Studio 303 on a couple of projects. Studio 303 is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary of being one of the primary centres of experimental contemporary dance and interdiscipliary art in Montreal. It’s been a breeding ground for some great talent (ourselves included!) so we’re excited to work with them. ...
August 2009
2 posts
Party like it's 1699
Andrew just performed a duet created in collaboration with Dana Michel for the post baroque music event Partylike it’s 1699. The event which was conceived by Aleks Schurmer, featured baroque music, sopranao Ariane Girard, poetry by top model Irina Lazareneau, a carboard set created by Jonathan Sevigny and contemporary choreography by Andrew Tay, Dana Michel and Melissa Raymond. Held at the...
July 2009
5 posts
Festival of New Dance
Andrew just perfromed his duet The Space between with dancer Annabelle Savard at the Festival of New Dance in St. John’s Newfoundland this past week. The piece was really well received by the local public and press. Please check out Neighbourhood dance works at www.neighbourhooddanceworks.com to find out more about the festival and the great work that they are doing to program innovative...
Our new studio...
For those of you who don’t know, wants&needs has opened their own dance studio which has been up and running since May. The new space will be home to company rehearsals and activities and is located at 10 pins west suite # 412. The new space is a bit rough around the edges right now, but it’s a great size (suitable for small group rehearsals) and we have plans for renovations in...
After Piss in the Pool...
A special thanks to all of the amazing artists, dancers, and volunteers involved in this year’s Piss in the Pool. It’s the first year we’ve had 3 shows and we had records numbers come out for our 5 year anniversary edition. There were some truly magic moments…As the above pictures prove (courtesey of Camille Liver). A special congrats go to wants&needs choreographer...
June 2009
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