Short&Sweet       23 more dances that end quickly….
presented by Wants&Needs dance as part of the Festival TransAmériques

May 31, 2011
Short & Sweet 23 
It all happens at:
Quartier général du Festival TransAmériques
Agora Hydro-Québec du Cœur des Sciences de L’UQAM 145, Av. du Président-Kennedy Montreal, Que

Starts at 10:45 pm

Free Event for the festival!!

Featuring Choreographies by:
Virginie Brunelle, Andrew Tay, Frederick Gravel, Melanie Demers, Thierry Huard, Sarah- Eve Grant, Annie Gagnon, Holly Gauthier-Frankel & Andreane Leclerc, Dana Michel, Sasha Kleinplatz, Elizabeth Langley and Katie Ward, Leanne Dyer, Steven Horwood, Manuel Shink, The Choreographers, Normand Marcy, Andrew Turner, Kathy and Amy, Leanne Dyer, Jean-Sebastien Lourdais, Hélène Messier, Kelly Keenan, Susannah Hood and Sarah Bild / afterwards with DJ Chris Godziuk

Now in it’s sixth edition, Wants&Needs Danse is proud to partner with the Festival Trans- Amériques to present the latest edition of Short&Sweet, an event which celebrates the diversity within the Montreal contemporary dance community.
This time around, we are offering to the public a kind of “best of” edition, featuring artists who have brought the house down in previous editions Short&Sweet, and mixing it up with some fresh new choreographers and special surprises.

The concept:
Short&Sweet gives 23 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.

Taking place at the Quartier Général of the FTA, this edition of Short&Sweet will add an exciting nightlife element to the Festival’s programming, and create an entertaining and un- intimidating way for the public to see a great variety of contemporary dance work in a party like atmosphere.

Community Building:

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 different ideas that their peers are working on, as well as to discuss their craft with one another.

Come have a drink with us and celebrate Montreal’s diverse dance community!

Andrew Tay’s piece on Power and permission got a mention in the Dance year in review for the Montreal Mirror.  Dance critic Marites Carino writes :

On a smaller scale, in October at Tangente, I saw an impressive duo by Andrew Tay and Natalie-Zoey Gauld that was part of Tay’s work On Power and Permission. In this mostly improvised duet, Gauld’s movements became dependent on Tay’s, to the point where they moved as a flowing unit and I wanted to see more.

Read the full article entitled Body Rock by clicking here.

INVOLVED 2

December 11th 2010 at 7pm & 9pm
at Studio 303

with:
Andrew Tay
Namchi Bazar
Sarah-Ève Grant
Patrick Lloyd Brennan
Mary St-Amand Williamson
Natalie Zoey Gauld / Ashlea Watkin

For the second edition of INVOLVED, we curated works that question the audience’s relationship to the performance using varied methods. You will see works in which the audience is involved physically in the performance, where spectators make decisions on the evolution of the work as it develops, where the audience is an unwilling participant in the dance itself, and pieces where the audience’s perspective on viewing the work is challenged through external devices. We have a great selection of artists coming from diverse backgrounds and think it be another amazing evening of dance!!

More info (en francais aussi) on 303’s website…

(photo by Julien Grant)

WantsNeeds @ Tangente!!!

840 Cherrier

Ticket office: 514-525-1500

Oct 21, 22, 23  at 7:30pm

Oct 24 at 4:30 pm

Powerful new works by both Sasha Kleinplatz and Andrew Tay. Not to be missed.

On Power and Permission…

(choreographed by Andrew Tay) 

How does society perceive Masculinity?  How much does female gender identity depend on the comparison to it’s masculine counterpart?

Poetic, postmodern and visually striking, On Power and Permission takes the audience on a sensorial journey that questions society’s view of male and female gender roles. Through a series of intense images, the work confronts the viewer with intense visions of power, infatuation, domination and servitude. Comparing both male and female bodies in terms of physical strength, and as sexual objects, On Power and Permission presents many different perspectives on the issue of gender identity and allows audience members to walk away with their own conclusions.

All the ladies

 (choreographed by Sasha Kleinplatz)

All the Ladies posits an all female space where women act out fantasies of rampant masculinity, and openly fetishize their body neuroses. The performers are an all-girl fight club loitering, restlessly stalking the stage, and wrestling their own bodies into submission.

After Short&Sweet 5….

What a special edition of Short&Sweet!  Bringing together a great audience who is open to anything and an amazing collection of creative artists…it was definitely a winning combination.  There is definitely something fresh and unpretentious about the event that we hope is helping to get people interested in dance work. For those who missed out, check out these photos from the event.  Photos by the amazing Celia Spenard-Ko

Short&Sweet 5: More Dances That End Quickly
Presented by Wants&Needs danse
Sept 8, 2010
Doors @ 9:30
La Sala Rossa

4848 St. Laurent (coin St. Joseph)Montreal, QC
$10-20 sug donation
info@wantsandneeds.ca

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(Française ci-dessous)

Featuring Choreographies by:

Andrew Tay, Annie Gagnon, 2boystv, Dana Michel, Bande Interdite-Sylvain Poirier, Sasha Kleinplatz, David Pressault, Jacob Wren, Amy Blackmore, Patrick LLoyd Brennan, Anne Theriault, Allison Nichol, The Choreographers, Erin Flynn, Emily Gualtieri & David Albert-Toth, Allison Ulan, Zoey Gauld, Laurel Koop, Melina Stinson, Milan Panet-Gigon, Manu Roque, Greg “Krypto” Selinger, Helen Simard, The Ladies’ Auxillary Guerilla Go-Go Squad, Andrew Turner, Simon Xavier-Lefebvre, Caroline Dusseault, Catherine Lafleur & Patricia Iraola

Now in it’s fifth edition, Short&Sweet returns to La Sala Rossa for another exciting evening celebrating the diversity within the contemporary dance community.

This time around, Short&Sweet is part of SPARK, an initiative conceived by Studio 303 which brings together some of Montreal’s most cutting-edge underground artists.

The Concept:

Short&Sweet gives 28 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.

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.

Community Building: 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.

Fundraising: Proceeds from this edition of Short&Sweet will be used to support choreographers Andrew Tay & Sasha Kleinplatz in the production of their next show at Espace Tangente this October.

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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!

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.

Les événements Short&Sweet sont reconnus pour leur aspect rassembleur alors qu’ils regroupent la communauté montréalaise de la danse et réduisent ainsi les écarts entre les langues, les âges et les diverses expériences. Cette série donne aux chorégraphes l’opportunité inestimable de voir la gamme d’idées et de thèmes explorés par leurs pairs, en plus de stimuler les échanges sur leur métier.

Quoique le but initial était de faire réfléchir les chorégraphes sur leurs habitudes artistiques, nous avons été agréablement surpris de constater à quel point les spectateurs de Short&Sweet apprécient le format de l’événement. Ceux-ci peuvent profiter d’une soirée divertissante sans prétention dans une ambiance décontractée.

Cette édition de «Short & Sweet” fait partie de SPARK. Le projet offre une vitrine éclectique d’artistes associés au Studio 303 dans le cadre d’une collaboration avec de nombreux lieux partenaires de la métropole. Le public et plusieurs diffuseurs internationaux y découvrira l’univers étonnant de la scène émergente et vivre une expérience inoubliable à travers les pratiques singulières de ces artistes d’exception.

Levée de fonds: Les profits de cette édition du Short & Sweet seront utilisés pour soutenir les chorégraphes Andrew Tay et Sasha Kleinplatz dans la production de leur prochain spectacle à l’Espace Tangente en Octobre.

Piss in the Pool 2010 – It was another great edition of the Pool show this year! Thanks to all of the artists, dancers volunteers and of course the audience which make the event such a special dance happening every summer.  Congratulations to Flow rider and Tonik who won the Prix flexi for their choreography : Free, Fluid, Feminine. Also congrats to Andrew Tay who received an honorable mention.  This was one of the critically most successful years ever for Piss in the Pool. If you missed it, reviews of the show can be seen in the links below.  See you all next year!

http://www.indyish.com/piss-in-the-pool-2010-a-review/

http://www.dfdanse.com/article1166.html?var_recherche=piss+in+the+pool

http://community.hour.ca/blogs/fringe2010/archive/2010/06/18/review-autrui-nm-244-trui-oppo-and-piss-in-the-pool-let-s-dance.aspx