Short&Sweet 4 @ Sala Rossa Dec 3rd

Thought I’d let everyone know about the newest edition of short&sweet happening tomorrow night. It’s going to be a wild dance party featuring some of the most creative choreographers around. NOT to be missed. Info is below.

Short & Sweet
Presented by wants&needs danse

Thursday, Dec 3, 2009
La Sala Rosa 4848 St. Laurent (St. Laurent / St. Joseph), Montreal
Show starts at 9:30 pm (doors open at 9)
Tickets at the door $8

Choreographers- Dana Michel, Dana Gingras, Andrew Tay, Sasha Kleinplatz, Sara Bild, Thierry Huard, Les Soeurs Schmutt, K8 Alsterlund, Floor Rider and Tonik, Hanako Hoshimi-caines, Leanne Dyer, Victoria Stanton, Nicolas Cantin, Kathy&Amy, Sylvain Vestricht, Karen Fennel and Ben Read, Alyson Wishnousky, The Choreographers, Dany Desjardins, Jacques Poulin-Denis, Alli Blakley, Katya Montaignac, Ashlea Watkin, Laurel Koop, Stu McIntyre, Melina Stinson

Short&Sweet is an innovative dance event which gives 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 time frame has their music and lights immediately cut off.

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.

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 Short&Sweet events have been praised for bringing Montreal’s contemporary dance community together, bridging the gaps of language, age and experience. The event has allowed choreographers the invaluable opportunity to see the many different ideas that their peers are working on, as well as to discuss their craft with one another.

Although the original goal was for choreographers to challenge their artistic practice, one of the unintentional benefits of Short&Sweet is the way that audiences have embraced the format of the event. The evening offers an entertaining and un-intimidating way for the public to see a great variety of contemporary dance work in a party like atmosphere.

Please join us for a drink on Dec 3rd and sample a diverse blend of short works from the city’s contemporary dance community