Our vision
A living dance. A living studio. A living community.
In our collective mind's eye, we see a place that is home to a vibrant and continuously evolving swing dance community.
A place where generations meet, relationships are built, energies are exchanged, history is preserved and created anew.
A place where passion for swing dance is born, is nurtured and where people are encouraged to reach new heights of self-expression.
A place where we are kind to ourselves and kind to one another as we evolve and grow.
We see a thriving, socially responsible, sustainable business that provides the opportunities for people to be what they love, according to their abilities, talents and needs. A living dance. A living studio. A living community.
Staff Christmas party, December 2008. From bottom, left to right: (1) Debbie Carman, Amanda Fong, Lisa Carman, André Deslauriers, Jennifer Manning, Mateo Manning Deslauriers, Eva Manning Deslauriers, (2) Wisit Chantawarang, Mélanie Leblanc, Fred Ngo, Jennifer Benedik Fragman, Catherine Durand, (3) Sylwia Bielec, Louis Racette, Alain Fragman, Olivier Lalonde, Anne DesRoberts, Alain Wong. Missing: Yoann Lussier, Francys Sauvageau, Megan Pennington, Owen Hortop, Christina Rooney, Putra Manggala (Angga), Marie N'Diaye. Photo by Emmanuelle Girard.
Christmas party, December 2007. Starting from the bottom, left to right: (1) Eva Manning Deslauriers, André Deslauriers, Mateo Manning Deslauriers, Jennifer Manning, Sylwia Bielec, Alain Wong, Marie N'diaye, (2) Louis Racette, Olivier Lalonde, Amanda Fong, Fred Ngo, Laura Brunelle, Anne DesRoberts, (3) Alain Fragman, Catherine Durand, Jennifer Benedik Fragman, Ann Mony. Missing: Yoann and Beth Lussier, Francys Sauvageau, Megan Pennington, Owen Hortop, Michelle Sands, Jean-François Dufort, Emmanuelle Girard.
The Cat's Corner Performance Troupe, "Cool Cats Coleslaw Collective", October 2010. Starting from the bottom, from left to right: (1) Alain Wong, Mélanie Pasquarelli, Amélie Lévis-Gignac, Andréanne Leveillée, Daphna Harel, Tanya Tolokh, Gabrielle Kern, (2) Philippe Huot, David Boucher, Michel Lim, Martine Gravel, Jonathan Caron.
The Cat's Corner Performance Troupe, "Cool Cats Coleslaw Collective", March 2010. Starting from the bottom, from left to right: (1) Jonathan Caron, Martine Gravel, Mélanie Pasquarelli, Daphna Harel, Manon De Ladurantaye, Jean-François Lacoste, Amélie Lévis-Gignac, Joannie Jacob, Alain Wong, Andréanne Leveillée, Daphna Harel, Tanya Tolokh, Gabrielle Kern, (2) Matthew Richard Edward German, Aleix Prats Ferrer, Michel Lim, Putra Manggala.
The Lindy U team, December 2007. Starting from the bottom, from left to right: (1) Amanda Fong, Anne DesRoberts, Sylwia Bielec, (2) Alain Wong, Ann Mony, Alain Fragman, Catherine Durand, Mélanie Leblanc, Frédéric Dandavino, Laura Brunelle
The Cat's Corner team, January 2007. From the bottom, left to right: (1) Fred Ngo, André Deslauriers, Christina Rooney, Sylwia Bielec, Lisa Carman, (2) Jennifer Manning, Ann Mony, Alain Wong, Jennifer Benedik Fragman, Alain Fragman, Jean-François Dufort
Great Parade of dance schools at the Just For Laughs festival, July 2006. From the bottom, left to right: (1) Angela Anton , Srikanth Nayananth, Kate Sutcliffe, Catherine Gregoire, Michelle Sands, Heather O'Dwyer, (2) Josée-Anne Lapierre, Doug, Tommy Desrosiers, Weifun , Louis Racette, Manon de Ladurantaye, Francys Sauvageau, Dominique Lemay, (3) Kyra Shaughnessy, Pierre Bernier, Catherine Durand, Olivier Lalonde, Frederic Dandavino, Beth Howell-Lussier, (4) Telyn Kusalik, Christina Rooney, Ann Mony, Yoann Lussier,