Le Grand Continental by Sylvain Émard Danse and Festival TransAmériques
60 dancers in a hybrid contemporary and line dance performance.
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Mix popular tradition and contemporary art. Combine highly festive line dancing with the fluidity and expressiveness of contemporary dance. When Sylvain Émard accepted the challenge of this unlikely marriage, he had no idea of the enthusiastic audience response he would unleash or of how extremely popular it would become. The marriage of art and the village fête has indeed been consummated.
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Awards & Press
CINARS International Collaboration Award
People’s Choice Award in the category Best Nonprofit Event Concept—Budget Under $250,000
Sylvain Émard is named Personality of the Week by La Presse/Radio-Canada
Best of 2015, Top 5 dance, Deborah Meyers, The Vancouver Sun, Canada, December, 2015
Best moments in dance 2012, Andrew Boynton, The New Yorker, United States, December, 2012
People’s Choice Award in the category Best Nonprofit Event Concept—Budget Under $250,000
Sylvain Émard is named Personality of the Week by La Presse/Radio-Canada
Best of 2015, Top 5 dance, Deborah Meyers, The Vancouver Sun, Canada, December, 2015
Best moments in dance 2012, Andrew Boynton, The New Yorker, United States, December, 2012
Presentations
- Festival TransAmériques Montreal, QC 2009
- Le Très Grand Continental at Festival TransAmériques Montreal, QC 2010
- El Gran Continental Festival de México 2010
- Le Continental XL Festival TransAmériques Montreal, QC 2011
- Le Super Méga Continental Festival TransAmériques Montreal, QC 2017
- Various performances in New York, Philadelphia, Portland (Oregon), Ottawa, Boston, Vancouver, Ansan (South Korea), Welington (New Zealand), Santiago (Chile), Potsdam (Germany) and Toronto
- Le Grand Continental – Living room style, Spring 2020
