Short&Sweet @ La Sala Rosa

Upcoming dates:

March 31st & April 1st Andrew and Sasha present their work in progress choreographies as part of the 3rd Floor Project at Usine C, Sarah-Éve Grant, Jana Jevtovic and Jody Hegel will also be showing work. This is an informal showing that is free to the public. Call 514-521-4493 to reserve a seat.

May 3, Short & Sweet 8 As part of the FTA. We're calling this edition Strange Pairings, and we're asking choreographers to collaborate with someone outside of their usual artistic practice. It's going to be a fun night @ Quartier Général of the Festival TransAmériques. 175 President Kennedy ave. It's a free event!

Sasha and Andrew will be doing a presentation as part of the Canadian Centre for Dance Studies Conference that is taking place during the FTA. The theme is collaboration and they will be presenting a paper talking about the Wants&Needs dance events and their own collaborative practice.

Sasha Kleinplatz presents her new work Chorous two at the Guelph Contemporary Dance festivals. May 31 7 pm, June 2 12pm, June 3 12 pm @ Exhibition park.

Piss in the Pool 8. June 20, 22, 24 at a new venue - the Bain St. Mathieu. More details to come.

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 Blakely, Katya Montaignac, Ashlea Watkin, Laurel Koop, Stu McIntyre, Melina Stinson

Short&Sweet is back and giving more than 25 choreographers carte blanche to create whatever they want as long as it is under 3 minutes! A timekeeper is present for the event and any artist going over the allotted timeframe has their music and lights immediately cut off.

For this 4th edition of Short&Sweet we’ve assembled an eclectic group, representing the diversity within the Montreal dance/performance community. There are breakdancers, performance artists, intellectual based artists and purely physical movers, - all offering their unique take on contemporary movement.

The goal of Short&Sweet is to force choreographers to consider exactly what can be accomplished within the time constraint, and to really keep their movement ideas precise! Taking place in a relaxed cabaret/bar setting, Short&Sweet manages to keep the atmosphere light and gives the audience a chance to see dance outside of the traditional theatre venue context.

Short&Sweet est un événement de danse novateur qui donne carte blanche à 25 chorégraphes pour créer en toute liberté. Leur seule contrainte : une limite de temps de 3 minutes! Un chronométreur est sur place lors des performances et chaque artiste dépassant la limite de temps autorisée se retrouve automatiquement dans le noir complet… sans son ni lumières!

Pour la 4ième édition de Short&Sweet, nous avons réuni un groupe éclectique d’artistes qui représentent bien la diversité que l’on retrouve dans la communauté de la danse et de la performance à Montréal. Nous y retrouvons des breakdancers, des artistes de performance, des artistes intellectuels et d’autres purement physiques. Tous offrent une prise de vue unique sur le mouvement contemporain.

Le but de la série Short&Sweet est de pousser les chorégraphes à réfléchir sur ce qui peut être accompli à l’intérieur de la contrainte de temps et à avoir une gestuelle très précise. Ayant lieu dans une ambiance décontractée de style cabaret, Short&Sweet permet aux spectateurs de voir la danse dans un contexte autre qu’une salle de spectacle traditionnelle.