Shall We Dance transforms Dance Centre into kinetic hotel

While Shall We Dance fundraiser turned the Scotiabank Dance Centre into a dance hotel, with six floors of performances, it was also like being served dance hors d'oeuvres.

At the September 12 event, attendees could wander around the centre from floor to floor to catch the brief performances that only lasted a a few minutes but were repeated throughout the night. The performers spanned an immense range of traditions, cultures, and genres, from modern to classical, from street to tap, from Asian to South American.

The brevity of the performances was a smart idea, as each performance gave a small taste of what each performer or group had to offer, whetting viewers' appetites to check out more in the future. The array gave audiences a sense of the diversity of dance in the city and a chance to sample a little bit of everything.

To check out some pictures from the event, click on the gallery above. For snippets of the performances, below are a few videos to watch.

Here's a clip of Kim Sato and Project Soul performing some crowd-rousing street dance:  

Flamenco Rosario performed a vibrant flamenco dance to live music in the seventh floor Zagar Studio:

Lorita Leung Dance Academy performed an elegant Chinese fan dance to both traditional and modern music:

Malavika Santhosh of Mandala Arts and Culture Society performed a very technically detailed classical Indian dance: