This is a "danceography blog" from life-long social dancers and aspiring djs, event organizers and photographers - Randy Panté (Montreal) and Tien Le (Vancouver). We blog about our dance and travel adventures and tribulations, nerd out on photog techniques, and post about our favourite places to have a latte. On this site you will also find blues dancing information in Canada.
If you are looking to hire us for photography or videography purposes, you can get a hold of us through email - Randy (randypante@gmail.com) or Tien (tiendongle@gmail.com).
Our entire show is available for download with some great close-ups and in-show filming. There is a drinking game for the show… try to figure out what it is ;-) har har.
About the show – In the Swing du Businessman, discover the dances of the Roaring Twenties. A preoccupied businessman finds solace in a universe where jazz dances reign as kings: acrobatics, Charleston, Lindy Hop and Swing and more will dazzle you in this hour-long show! The Swing du Businessman is an homage to jazz and swing dances, of course, but also to silent films of the 20s and 30s, and to the comical genius of legends such as Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.
About the venue – A former movie theater built during the 1920s, the Rialto Theater is the ideal place to get back to the Roaring Twenties!
Lots of blues action happening this month in Montreal:
Tuesdays Blues 1 starts on March 5th at Cats Corner for six weeks. It’s a pretty small class right now so there definitely spots open for next week and onwards. See Cats Corner website (http://catscorner.ca/blues) for more details.
Brouhaha Pub was on last Sunday (March 3rd) and will be back on again March 17th. The drop-in instructors for the March 17th dance will be Éric and Catherine. https://www.facebook.com/events/167466130072790/
Cats Corner blues room is on three times in March – March 1st, 15th, and 29th.
Randy and Genevieve are teaching a two hour workshop on open position blues for those who want to add a little bit more dance repertoire when not in close embrace. It’s on March 24th at Cats Corner. Check it out at: https://www.facebook.com/events/395773837185511
As always, a calendar view of events can be found on this site by clicking on “blues dancing” on the top menu.
The end shot of the Cirque du Soleil show in Vegas! I smuggled in my camera heh, which is a feat onto itself because my camera is not a type of camera you can just hide in your girl’s purse.
A distracted and penniless businessman gets ready to get to his new job. But the task will be harder than it seems…
Join the team of Swing ConneXion in their first long stage show: le Swing du Businessman. Relive with them the fun and elation of the dances and atmosphere of the Roaring Twenties, in an imaginative story where you’ll meet all sorts of colorful character who revisit the style of silent comedy from Chaplin’s time!
Les Projections Libres offer us a unique camera play full of surprises, in this representation filmed at the beautiful Rialto Theater on February 16th 2013.
With:
Zack Richard
Lunou Samson-Poirot
Dany Plouffe
Geneviève St-Laurent
Aimee Mannella
Alexandre Hétu-Rivard
Nadine Gagnon
Michel Mazerolle
Randy Panté
Myriam Baril
and special guest Jon Tigert
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Un businessman distrait et sans le sou s’apprête à rejoindre son nouveau travail. Cependant, la tâche risque d’être plus ardue qu’il ne le pense…
Rejoignez l’équipe de Swing ConneXion dans leur tout premier spectacle longue durée, le SWing du Businessman. Revivez avec eux la folie des danses et de l’ambiance des Années Folles, à travers une histoire rocambolesque où vous rencontrerez des personnages colorés qui revisitent le style des comédies muettes de l’époque de Chaplin!
Les Projections Libres nous offrent un jeu de caméras unique et plein de surprises, dans cette représentation capturée au magnifique Théâtre Rialto le 16 février 2013.
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