MoW! Montre(olly)Wood!
MoW A Bollywood flashmob and contemporary dance event for all
2016 / 25 MINUTES
” MoW! Is my dream to realize the biggest Bollywood and contemporary dance fusion creation! Something never seen in Canada! “
– Roger Sinha
Montré(olly)Wood or MoW! is an original creation inspired by the popular success of the flashmob trend. MoW! brings together nearly 90 non-professional dancers. It combines contemporary western dance and Bollywood, a current style of popular dance based on Indian classical dance and folklore. Over the weeks, several professional dancers and the non-professionals work with Roger Sinha on a choreography created by himself and Bollywood choreographer Deepali Lindblom.
This intergenerational and intercultural creation highlights the value of community and serves as an excellent meeting point between professionals and a variety of citizens. Taking a collaborative and playful approach, MoW! reaches its pinnacle as a festive and contagious large-scale presentation. MoW is a Bollywood flashmob and contemporary dance event for all!
To find out more
NEW! We are sharing part of the choreo to Dance in the time of coronavirus!
Tune in weekdays at 2PM ET or watch past LIVE videos. Dance tutorials also available.
Interview about MoW! 2016 by TVRS (French only)
Calendar
2018
August 18, Aga Khan Park, Toronto
August 19, Garden Square, Brampton
October 12, 6.30pm-9pm Bollywood Night: workshop + MoW! excerpts and DJ XL5’s Zappin’ Party, Lumifest, Longueuil
November 9, 8pm MoW! On the Move excerpts, Older & Reckless, Toronto
November 10, 2pm and 8pm MoW! On the Move excerpts, Older & Reckless, Toronto
2017
July 8, 7pm – Place de la Gare-Jean-Talon, Montreal
– Ottaw(olly)Wood, Ottawa
July 12, 8pm – Parc La Fontaine, Montreal
July 19, 5.30pm – Prince-Arthur St / Saint-Dominique St, Montreal
August 5, 3.15pm – Nova Stella – L’art d’être différents ensemble, Place des festivals, Montreal
2016
July 1 – Greenfield Park, Longueuil
July 2 – Place Charles-Le Moyne, Longueuil
October 22 – Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme, Place des Arts, Montreal
See our Calendar for all activities
About the creators

Roger Sinha
Choreographer

Deepali Lindblom
choreographer
Credits
ARTISTIC DIRECTION / ROGER SINHA / CHOREOGRAPHY / ROGER SINHA & DEEPALI LINDBLOM / TEACHING ASSISTANTS AND DANCERS 2016-2017 / DAVID CAMPBELL, FANNIE CÔTÉ, AMELIA LAMANQUE, BENOIT LEDUC, XAVIER MALO, JAMIE MALYSH, MARK MEDRANO, ERIN O’LOUGHLIN, CLÉMENTINE SCHINDLER, NATHAN JAN YAFFE,MARYSE GAUTHIER & ROGER SINHA / TECHNICAL DIRECTION / BENOIT LEGENDRE / SOUNDTRACK AND LIVE MUSICIAN / ROGER SINHA / VIDEO EDITING / ROGER SINHA
2018 Partners
This project is presented by Garden Square Brampton and the Aga Khan Museum in collaboration with the Government of Ontario and the Ismaili Centre Toronto.
2017 Partners
This initiative is made possible thanks to the Community Fund for Canada’s 150th, a collaboration between Canada’s community foundations, the Greater Montreal Foundation, the Government of Canada and extraordinary leaders from coast to coast to coast.
This version with the Montreal community is supported by PEYO, Loisirs du Parc in collaboration with Hors les murs program from Maison de la culture de Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension and support from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal.
2016 Partners
This project received support from Des ponts culturels, d’une rive à l’autre program. This initiative is a part of the Conseil des arts de Montréal and Culture Montréal collaboration with the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the société de la Place des Arts and the cities of Longueuil, Terrebonne and Sainte-Julie. MoW! enjoyed a creation residency from February to June 2016 in Longueuil thanks to the support of the Bureau de la culture de la Ville de Longueuil and the Conseil des arts de Longueuil.
Sinha Danse thanks the UDA and Studio Corps & Âmes for their collaboration.
An enormous thanks to Yves Labrosse and Télévision Rive-Sud for their generous contribution of the video images.
Thank you to all the volunteers who took part in this crazy and joyous adventure with us.














