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andrew tay
Biography
Andrew Tay was born in Windsor Ontario where he attended the Walkerville Centre for the Creative Arts. Since finishing his B.F.A in contemporary dance at Concordia University, Andrew has had his work presented at Espace Tangente, Studio 303, the National Theatre School, Festival Vue Sur La Releve (Montreal) and the Square Zero Dance Festival (Ottawa). Residencies have included the Foundation Jean-Pierre Perrault, the summer artist in residency program at studio 303, and a week long intensive with Kathy Casey and her dance company Montreal Danse. An avid music lover, Andrew has collaborated with members of Montreal based rock group The Arcade Fire and has become known for his intense and emotionally tough creations set to music by long time collaborator vitaminsforyou. Their latest combined effort The Space Between was selected to be presented at The Performance Mix festival in New York City this spring. Most recently, his work was shown in video form as part of Cirque du Soleil's show Torrida. He is currently working hard as artistic director of Wants and Needs danse a new dance company in Montreal which he formed with choreographic partner Sasha Kleinplatz. They will present their new full length work: Because We Can in April of 2007 at Espace Tangente.
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