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Montreal is mad for dance
Montreal dancers are ready to let the rest of Canada know that yes indeed, they can dance!
Montreal's first in line!
With a line-up that wraps three quarters of the way around the Théâtre St-Denis, Montreal dancers are ready to let the rest of Canada know that yes indeed, they can dance!
Competitors started lining up long before the sun came up and spent hours huddled on yoga mats and wrapped in blankets. Many even brought camping chairs, prepared to wait for the long haul.
But no one seemed to mind -- spontaneous dance circles broke out all over the line up, with girls helping each other with their make up and b-boy battles breaking through the early hours.
"I love it!" permanent judge and Montreal resident, Jean Marc Genereux says of the extraordinary turn out. "It's amazing. I knew we were going to get a great response because of the roots we have in dance in Montreal."
From Edouard Lock of Lalala Human Steps to Les Grand Ballet Canadiens, Genereux beams with pride at the bedrock of Quebec dance artists. "There is amazing talent in Quebec and [So You Think You Can Dance Canada] is a wonderful window to show it off."
First in line: your private dancer
Everett Smith, 24, from Glen Morris, Ont. is first in line and dressed in a fitting shirt that reads: 'I can be your private dancer'. "We came early," Smith says of his fellow Ontarians, Sarah Vance, 20, and Holly Wiles, 21. "We wanted to be near the beginning, but didn't think we'd make it first."
It was a rush to the starting gate and Smith laughs that they had to get their elbows out as they rushed across the street and claimed the highly prized first spot in line.
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