Shorter+Sweeter Dance August 31, 2011

Shorter+Sweeter Dance is a best of the fest dance extravaganza featuring the best ten works from recent Short+Sweet Dancefestivals in Melbourne and Sydney. Contemporary fuses with traditional to create a captivating, physically charged and highly entertaining performance at Riverside Theatres on Wednesday, 31 August and Thursday, 1 September.

Six of Australia's hottest dancers - including Anna Healey from This Way Up and Thinking About Forever, Neale Whittaker from Dance Academy and Phly Crew, Verity Jacobsen from Picture Perfect and Tipping Point –Dirtyfeet and Sean Marcs from Tipping Point - Dirtyfeet and Physical Fracture are performing a range of dance style from parkour, break dance, adagio and hip hop to ballet, musical theatre and tap.

Shorter + Sweeter’s Executive Producer, Karen Keegan delivers an explosive line-up of new choreography, featuring works about football lovin' sheilas, fanatical quests for beauty and the underworld of Kings Cross.

The tour features ten explosive works by choreographers Kay Armstrong, Veronica Beattie, Ash Bee, Sarah Boulter, Martin Del Amo, Thomas Egan, Timothy Farrar, Eva Fernandez Adan, Marko Panzic, Travers Ross and Sarah Vyne-Vassallo.

Western Sydney Dance Action will also run a Hip Hop Masterclass with the cast of Shorter+Sweeter on Thursday 1 September, which is ideal for students and emerging artists.