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Sinha Danse is a Canadian dance company created in 1991 by choreographer Roger Sinha, based in Montreal.

Its objective is to develop a choreographic language which aims to explore the boundaries between cultures, as well as the modes of expression and communication predefined by them.

Company history
Roger Sinha, artistic director, choreographer and dancer, founded Sinha Danse in 1991. Since then, the company has created more than twenty pieces. His choreographic journey begins with Burning Skin (1992). Several collaborations followed and in 1996 Roger Sinha was awarded the Bonnie Bird Choreography Fund to support the design of a choreography for the Transitions Dance Company at the Laban Center in London.

Also in 1996, at the request of the Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers, Roger Sinha created Benches . The double program Loha / Thok was presented for the first time in 2002. The show occupied the Agora de la Danse stage for seven performances, as part of its 2001-2002 program. In 2005, Thok was nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award in Toronto. Loha is the result of a collaboration with Canadian choreographer Natasha Bakht. Their most recent duo, Thread, is presented in 2007. Apricot Trees Exist, a sextet premiered in 2004, is on the Agora de la Danse program for eight performances.

Roger Sinha then developed an interest in video art as well as new technologies. This passion is expressed in the solo Zeros and Ones (2008), through the use of film and interactive technologies. In 2009, Zeros and Ones, Quebasian Rhapsody and Burning Skin were presented in India on a tour of five cities (Bangalore, Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Kolkata and Sattal).

In 2008, Sinha was invited to co-choreograph the piece Tono, directed and created by Sandra Laronde, artistic director of Red Sky Performance, a Toronto-based company that aims to connect diverse indigenous cultures around the world. Tono was selected for the Luminato Festival in Toronto in 2009 as well as the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the Vancouver Olympics in 2010. It was also presented at the World Expo in Shanghai in May 2010.

Alongside his career as a choreographer, Roger Sinha has recently taken to directing. His first short film, The Barber of Bangalore, was shot entirely in India. His second video, Hater 'n Baiters: The Culture Collision, won the audience's vote in Radio Canada International's Roots contest in April 2010. He talks about the racism he suffered when he moved from London to live in Saskatoon being young.

Works - Shows

 * 1992 : Burning Skin
 * 1996 : Benches
 * 2000 : Loha
 * 2002 : Thok
 * 2004 : Apricot Trees Exist
 * 2008 : Thread
 * 2008 : Zeros and Ones
 * 2011 : A Matter of Life and Breath
 * 2013: Sunya
 * 2016: Montre(olly)Wood!
 * 2020: Out of Bark and Bone (Fr: D'os et d'écorce)
 * 2021: 2M (work title)


 * Videos


 * 2008 : The Barber of Bangalore
 * 2010 : Haters 'n Baiters: The Cultural Collision