Sur les planches de MainLine, on y danse, on y danse...

That's right, this week we give up the funk for CoMotion Farm's DANCE WEEK!

And how could we open the week without...

BREAKIN' and BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO! It's the opening night of both Dance Week and Anisa's MainLine Monthly Movie Monday Madness. As always, Movie Monday's is free! Trivia and Film at 8, potluck snax, the primary mandate.

GRANTWRITING WORKSHOP! MainLine & Fringe GM Patrick Goddard will give you the tools to get granting agencies to show you the money! Tuesday 12 Jan @ 8 pm.

PUBLICITY WORKSHOP! MainLine & Fringe genii Jeremy Hechtman and Patrick Goddard will show you how to get an audience to the greatest show in the history of the performing arts - namely, yours. Wednesday 13 Jan @ 2 pm

Workshops: $50 each ($25 for festival participants), $75 for both. Call 514-849-3378 or email fringe@montrealfringe.ca to reserve your spot.

FREE TAP DANCE WORKSHOP with Heather Keiller
Friday, January 15th, 5-7pm
Note: Wear dance/lose-fitting clothing & bring tap shoes if you can.
Registration Limit: 14 people
Heather has trained for over 20 years in many different styles of tap including Al Gilbert and rhythm tap, and in many different cities such as Montreal, Vancouver and New York City. You will get a taste of Tap dance, and learn some technique as well as some rhythm exercises building towards learning the 'anthem' of tap dance, the Shim Sham.

STRUCTURED IMPROVISATION with Mika Lior
Thursday, January 14th, 4-6pm
Wants & Needs Studio (10 Pine west apt #412)
Price: $10 / Participant Price: $8
Notes: Wear dance/lose-fitting clothing.
Registration Limit: 20 people

RASABOXES WORKSHOP with Joseph Bembridge
Friday, January 15th, 2-4pm
Wants & Needs (10 Pine west apt #412)
Price: By Donation
Notes: Wear dance/lose-fitting clothing.
Registration Limit: 14 people
Rasaboxes was devised in the 1980s and 90s by Richard Schechner and offers performers a concrete physical tool to access, express, and manage their feelings/emotions within the context of performance.
Joseph has studied rasaboxes intensely for the past three years since acting as a research subject for professor Ursula Neuerburg-Denzer’s Ph.D. thesis.

SIGN UP by emailing your name and number to info@comotionfarm.com or by calling (514) 910-2559

COMMON SPACE SHOWCASE! The week's main event provides an opportunity for aspiring and up-and-coming choreographers to re-work a past choreographic pursuit for presentation as a part of a compilation performance.
Common Space Choreographers - Kati Belanger, Joseph Bembridge, Stephanie Bernard, Vanessa Bousquet, Monica Coquoz & Helene Messier, Katia-Marie Germain, Mike Hughes, Louis-Elyan Martin & Greg "Krypto" Selinger. This ecclectic group of artists includes a member from Uncalled For, students from Concordia and l'ADMI, a TDT graduate, theatre practitioners and bboys...
Thu 14 Jan @ 8 pm
Sat 16 Jan @ 4 pm & 8 pm
Tickets: $10 ($8 students)

INDYISH DANCE MESS! Featuring Satellite Maps, Elizabeth Bruce, Shitting Bear, Tasha Cyr, Allison Burns, Rebecca Halls, and more!
Fri 15 Jan @ 8:30 pm
Tickets: $10 ($8 students)

Keepin' it fresh yo!
Patrick