Short&Sweet Toronto Returns

Friday October 10, 2025
Doors open at 7:30 PM, Performances start at 8:00 PM
at Revival Toronto, 783 College Street
Followed by a DJ dance party until late Revival Toronto, 783 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1C5 (VIEW MAP)

Accessibility Info: This venue is not an accessible space. Please contact info@tdt.org for more information / accommodations.

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The iconic performance party returns!

The epic Short&Sweet party returns this fall as part of TDT’s 2025/26 season. Originally created in Montreal by Andrew Tay and Sasha Kleinplatz, Short&Sweet brings together an impressive roster of 25+ artists from wildly different styles and aesthetics, giving them carte blanche to present anything they desire… with only three minutes on the clock.

If they go over? The timekeeper cuts them off – instantly!

Expect bold risks, fresh experiments, and the pure adrenaline of seeing what can be accomplished in 180 seconds. After the performances, the night transforms into a full-on dance floor takeover.

Let’s kick off TDT’s 2025/26 season together with this unforgettable night!

Featuring Artists

Photo by Wynne Neilly.

Celia Green

Celia Green’s practice includes choreographing, directing, writing and performance. They create highly physical, intimate performances that explore bodily sensation, mess, and the pursuit of freedom. Grounded in care and rigor, their collaborative practice and creations draw on their experiences as a queer, trans-masculine person and their background in care work with children and families. Celia’s work has been presented & supported by OFFTA, The SummerWorks Festival, Dancemakers, English Theatre Berlin, the Toronto Dance Love-In, and The Rhubarb Festival. Celia has completed residencies at LA SERRE, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, and Toronto Dance Theatre. They recently presented their solo work, Jason, to sold-out audiences at the 2025 SummerWorks Festival. Find them online @boybitch96 / https://www.celiagreen.net/

Devon Snell

Devon Snell (He/Him) is a Toronto contemporary dance artist. Has danced for TDT and a number of other Canadian choreographers. He is currently not practicing dance, working on anything new, as he feels stuck. Therefore I guess life? Enjoy! (That’s not suppose to be funny or clever, I just hate bios and talking about myself. Who cares!)

Sofi Gudiño

About Sofi: Sofi Gudiño (they/them) is a dance artist, drag king and community organizer based in Toronto. Raised in flamenco and established in contemporary dance, Sofi’s work is marked by emotional intensity and choreographic risk. Gudiño began flamenco studies as a child at the Academy of Spanish Dance with Esmeralda Enrique, and has since continued in Spain with Úrsula López, Alicia Márquez, Pastora Galván, Lorena Franco and many others. In 2014, Sofi founded the Inamorata Dance Collective as a site to explore flamenco outside of its traditional presentations. As a choreographer, Gudiño has enjoyed residencies at The Toronto Dance Theatre, Dancemakers, and the National Ballet of Canada’s Open Space, with choreographic premieres including Nuit Blanche, Pride, and with their award nominated piece, Picaza, in Toronto Fringe. Sofi was nominated in the 2023 Johanna Performing Arts Prizes for their recognized impact on the field, and assumed the role of Festival Director at Dusk Dances in 2024.

About Ricardo: RRRicardo la Dulce (he/him) is a flamenco drag king, Mexican only-son and soon to be winner of your corazón de melón. Ricardo is inspired by flamboyant male birds of the tropics, and is a helpless flirt determined to show off his brightest feathers in the hopes of becoming your next crush. Ricardo first stepped on stage in Citadel + Compagnie’s Spring Mix 2024 as PAJAROJITO, with support from National Ballet of Canada’s Open Space programme. Ricardo has also appeared at Les Femmes Fatales with Irmita la Dulce, brought his flamenco trio to Guelph Dance Festival 2025 and is preparing another excerpt of his solo show to share at Caminos Festival in Toronto on October 4. Prepare to be serenaded.

Photo by Attila Ataner

Tina Fushell

Tina Fushell (Newfoundlander, lover of art, dance, flowers, and a good laugh) lives and works in Tkaronto/Toronto.

As a performer, Tina has collaborated with a wide range of choreographers, including Valerie Calam, Ame Henderson, Christopher House, and Darryl Tracy. She has presented her own work at festivals across Ontario and beyond, including Dusk Dances, Porch View Dances, the Festival of New Dance, Dance: Made in Canada, PS: we are all here, LEGS and SummerWorks.

Tina has served in a variety of artistic roles, from co-artistic director of the Toronto Dance Community Love-In, to curatorial associate at SummerWorks. Recently, she performed in Phalanx: Revival a reimagining of the 1998 DNA Theatre piece Phalanx as part of SummerWorks, and shared her work at Ignite Gallery as part of Moving Materials: Questions in Relation exhibition curated by lo bil.

Outside of her artistic practice, Tina works as a florist.

Tyler Quincy Yan

Tyler Quincy Yan (he/him) is a 26-year-old dancer, choreographer, and educator based in Toronto. His training spans street styles of punking/whacking/waacking, hip-hop, and house, and choreography styles best labelled as commercial and jazz funk.

Since moving to Toronto in 2021, Tyler has shared as an educator and organizer in the Whacking/Waacking community while maintaining his craft by battling nationally and internationally—winning “Street Players” and “Fleur It!” waacking battles in Toronto, and placing in Supernature Montréal, Vancouver Street Dance Festival, and Red Bull DYS Canada.

His work has extended to the commercial industry and dance theatre, with recent work including “Bodies of Nature” by KINAJ, “@profile” with Meaningful Movement, and the choreographic process of “HUMAN” by Hanna Kiel.

He considers his artistry as varied in movement and music, but always defined by a character-driven, whimsical approach to making memorable moments—whether through unexpected humour, nostalgia, or just excitement over good dancing!

Ashley 'Colours' Perez

Ashley Colours Perez she/her is the co-artistic director of Mix Mix Dance Collective. Mix Mix has showcased work at Toronto Fringe (2013/2017), Next Stage Theatre Festival (2014), Fall For Dance North (2017), Contemporaneity 3.0 (2019), and represented Canada at the Jeux de la Francophonie (2017) in Abidjan. Ashley was awarded the 2018 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance, Ensemble in the Dance Division for Floor’d presented by Holla Jazz in 2018. Since the pandemic, Ashley has completed her MA in Dance at York University, a co-collaboration with Toronto Dance Theatre’s Magic of Assembly (2023). She recently co-produced and performed her first solo work, Generating Danse in Montreal, commissioned by Danse Cité (2024). Ashley will receive the Sandra Faire Next Generation Award this November in Winnipeg, highlighting the remarkable legacies of the Prairie region, awarded by Dance Collection Danse.

Johnathan Morin

Johnathan Morin is a 34 year old indigenous (Nehiyaw) tap dancer hailing from Treaty 6 Edmonton, Alberta. Now residing in Treaty 13 Toronto Ontario he is a force in the tap dance community and known across the country and around the world. A Dora Award Nominee, Johnathan co-produces and co directs Rhythm and Sound Dance Company alongside Cori Giannotta and also runs his own drop in classes in Toronto. His passion for the dance has brought him across the country as well as internationally as a performer and educator. Some of his accolades include Tap Ahead Festival in Düsseldorf Germany, TD Toronto Jazz Festival, Sarah Reich’s Tap Music Project, Vancouver International Tap Festival, and the Toronto International Tap Festival.

With his talent, dedication, and impressive list of accomplishments, Johnathan Morin is sure to continue making rhythmic waves in the world of Canadian tap dance for years to come.

Photo by Drew Berry from 'Lasterday’ lifeDUET film by Hanna Kiel

Karen and Allen Kaeja

Karen Kaeja (she/her) performs, makes dances and films, mentors, and builds creative bridges between professionals and community movers. She has choreographed over 75 stage and site works, pioneered Porch View Dances and is Co-Artistic Director of Kaeja d’Dance with Allen Kaeja. Her creations, teaching and publication contributions, are steeped in the joy and implications of touch and balance. Karen’s international practice spans touring, commissions, collaborations, residencies, choreography, and performance. Among her awards are the George Luscombe Mentorship Award, Dance Ontario Lifetime Achievement Award, CDA “I Love Dance” Community Award and seven Dora nominations, winning one. You can find Karen in The Canadian Who’s Who or at www.kaeja.org.

Allen Kaeja is an internationally recognized and award-winning Choreographer and Dance Film Director. As the child of a refugee, Allen has dedicated more than three decades to Holocaust-inspired art, with 210 stage works and 35 choreographed or directed films. Co-Artistic Director of Kaeja d’Dance with Karen Kaeja, Allen’s Kaeja Elevations and works have been featured in commercials, films and festivals around the world. He has received numerous national and international commissions, teaches Kaeja Elevations and Dance Film master classes worldwide and continues to tour, with Karen, their lifeDUETs program throughout the world. www.kaeja.org

Keith Cole

For more information about Keith Cole… just ask around.

Natasha “Courage” Bacchus

Natasha “Courage” Bacchus is a very active multidisciplinary artist, former three times gold medallist Deaf Olympian Sprinter. Her theatre /TV and Film performances include Shaw Host Talk (2014), ‘The Black Drum’ with Soulpepper Theatre (2019) in Toronto and France, ‘The Two Natasha’s’ (2020) comedy performed in art festivals, ‘21 Black Futures’ produced by Obsidian Theatre and CBC Arts, (2021), mini-TV series ‘The Coroner’ season four on Netflix (2022). She has participated in cabaret events including the 2019/2024 ASL Deaf Drag Performance, Rainbow Senior Showcase, and Criptonite at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto, Ontario.

Her areas of expertise include interdisciplinary visual artist, art accessibility consultant Deaf LGBTQ/racialized marginalized Indigenous, Black, People of colour, Sign Language Translation for theatre, Interpretation and Promotional vlogs, Panellist and presenter for workshops, emerging art curator, and activist for Indigenous and Black Deaf art community to expand Indigenous and Black Deaf artists representation.

Courage has participated as an art collaborator with numerous theatre and film productions focusing on breaking down barriers for Indigenous and Black Deaf Artists in Canada.

She has participated in Leelee Oluwatoyosi Eko Davis and Donna Michelle Bernard’s method of social justice community. Natasha was one of the winners of Canada’s Top 100 Black Women to Watch by the Canada International Black Women Event (CIBWE) 2019.

She continues her journey of self-discovery in her art.

Nikki Huang

Nikki Huang is a Taiwanese percussionist who completed her Master’s in Percussion Performance at the University of Toronto, where she also worked as a research assistant in the Technology and Performance Integration Lab. A passionate storyteller, she explores character and narrative through performance and thrives in collaborative environments. Her work spans original compositions, jazz vibraphone, children’s musical theatre, and interdisciplinary workshops. She has performed with Women From Space, Coexisdance, Esprit Orchestra, New Music Concerts, and The Happenstancers. Nikki’s accolades include the 2023 LCO Concerto Competition win, a 2023 Travel Grant from the National Culture and Arts Foundation, the 2024 Carolyn and Robert Lake Graduating Award, and a 2024 Travel Grant from the University of Toronto. She was an artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre and part of the Performer-Composer Residency at the Westben Centre in July 2024. In 2023, she joined the ULYSSES Ensemble, performing with Ensemble Intercontemporain during the ULYSSES Platform for Young Musicians.

Photo by Aidan Tooth Photography

Ranganathan Rajan

Ranganathan Rajan (He/Him) is originally from India and is currently based in Tkaronto. He is a performer and choreographer in contemporary dance, working inately with ideas of stress, resilience, and strength in the body through object work, movement, and mixed media. Ranganathan graduated from the Professional Training Program at Dance Arts Institute Canada (2025) and has completed a Diploma in Movement Art and Mixed Media from Attakkalari Center of Movement Arts in Bangalore, India (2021). Ranganathan believes in socially engaged acts involving people as the medium and focuses on participation and collaboration.

Photo by Robert Gilbert Photography

Shona Kiyama (木山晶南)

Shona Kiyama (木山晶南, she/her) is a Japanese-Canadian movement artist from what is colonially considered Burnaby, BC. Known for her versatility and dedication, Shona’s movement vocabulary spans various styles such as contemporary, tap, concert and vernacular jazz, ballet, street styles, modern (Limon and Graham), West African, and musical theater. Kiyama was a co-choreographer and performer in the film Something To Forget Me By, directed by Erin Lum and Corrine Langmuir, which received the Audience Choice Award at the Festival of Recorded Movement in 2022. She graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University’s Performance Dance Program with honours in 2024, and has since worked with companies such as Human Body Expression, Transcen|dance Project, Kaeja d’Dance, and the Parahumans.

Photo by Daniel Dorta

xLq

xLq is a POP ART performance duo based in Toronto. xLq is STARLIGHT and Maddie Bautista’s twin drag persona, born in 2015. We are party makers, cabaret hosts, experimental live art innovators and creators of interactive theatrical playgrounds that have toured Canada.

We recently premiered our interactive musical gameshow, ARE YOU THE ONE?, at Downstage Theatre in Calgary to a sold out run. Previous large-scale works include 4inXchange, the business meeting for 4 audience members centred around $1000 cash.

xLq’s parties include WISHING WELL, a witchy dancefloor ritual, which was curated at Buddies in Bad Times for Nuit Blanche 2024 and 2025.

Follow @xLqpopart on Instagram for all the latest parties and events.

Карина Казнова

Born and raised in Ukraine, Karyna Kaznova is a Toronto-based dancer, choreographer, and teacher whose work bridges technique and experimentation. With over nine years of experience, she has guided thousands of students internationally, nurturing creativity through projects like her “Free Movement” laboratory and classes at studios including Run the Flex, Studio North, MyWay Dance Centre, TopOne Dance Centre, and at camps such as UA21, Pull Up 2.0.

Her performance credits include concerts and music videos with artists like Nadia Dorofeeva, Tina Karol, and director Tanu Muino. Her journey has taken her from international competitions and workshops to large-scale showcases, where she continues to share her artistry.

Rooted in Hip-Hop, Contemporary, and Commercial dance, Karyna’s work celebrates freedom of expression, connection, and transformation through movement.