LE GRAND CONTINENTAL

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Sylvain Émard Danse

Le Grand Continental presented at the Festival TransAmériques in Montreal.

In a city filled with this much pride and diversity, we want folks like you! Participation is free. Ages 10 and up, professional dancers or not, are welcome.

Montréal-based choreographer Sylvain Émard shatters the distinctions between line dancing and contemporary dance, creating an extremely colorful and contagious 30-minute event. Created at Montréal's internationally renowned Festival TransAmériques (FTA) in 2009, Le Grand Continental originally featured sixty amateur dancers. Since then the show has tripled in size, most recently presented in the historic center of Mexico City with movement inspired by Latin social dancing. This time around, the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival will host the largest presentation of its kind with 200+ performers of all ages and backgrounds, ranging in experience from professional dancers to pure amateurs. It will be a line dance extravaganza filled with contagious community spirit, a show not to be missed.

Participants are expected to attend all rehearsals, dress rehearsal, and performances.

August 7-August 30:
Entire cast: rehearsals on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 7–9pm
Location: The Class of 1923 Arena, 3130 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

September 4-September 6:
Entire cast: rehearsals on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 7–9pm
Location: TBA

Dress Rehearsal:
Friday September 7, from 6—9pm
Dress rehearsal will take place in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Steps.

Performances:
Saturday, September 8 (4pm and 8pm)
Sunday, September 9 (4pm)
The performances will take place in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Steps.

Contact Programming Intern Jennie Crichlow at jennie@livearts-fringe.org or at 215.413.9006 x21

                                                     

Co-produced by Sylvain Émard Danse and the Festival TransAmériques.
Le Grand Continental is presented with support from PNC Arts Alive