Modern dance and contemporary composition take on the energetic excitement of a sporting event in the electrifying “60x60 Dance.” This one-of-a-kind performance, where each minute of the hour features a new composer and a new choreographer.

As a presenter and producer of new music, Robert Voisey is the Director and Producer of the 60x60 project, Co-Director of the Composer’s Voice Concert series, Vice President of Programs for the Living Music Foundation, and Founder of Vox Novus. Producing and presenting over 300 concerts in more than 10 countries around the world, he seeks innovative and creative approaches to promote the music of today's composers. "The idea of commissioning sixty pieces each a minute long has elements of both ingenuity combined with madness,” (Malcolm Miller, Music & Vision) Robert Voisey’s 60x60 concept has been hailed by the New York Times as the “kind of madness that makes the cultural world go round” (Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times)

Hettie Is very excited to be 60x60 newest dance coordinator 2011. Currently performing in the Broadway Production FELA! Hettie's choreography and performances has been seen on NBC, MTV, VH1, BET, International Wow Theater, 60x60, Solar One, The Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival, The Ailey School and Dance Chicago. Being immersed in a jazz/blues influenced area, Hettie translates her environment and up-bringing into her movement almost flawlessly. Her creative movement is a vision that everyone should experience. Living both in New york and Los Angeles to work on her debut album, set to release in 2012. She is currently choreographing for different projects and is planning a concert through her company, The Just Movement Collective. Hettie remains active and continues to return to the metropolitan area of St. Louis, MO and hometown, East St. Louis, IL to give back to her community. She is also a member of A Long Walk Home, Inc. is a 3 year non-profit organization that uses art therapy and the visual and performance arts to document, to educate and to bring about social change. Providing safe and entertaining forums through which the public learns about healing from trauma. (Rape and Violence) Hettie shares with them what has been given to her - - a passion for the arts, a love for dance and a listening ear.

The Sheldon Arts Foundation is committed to the preservation and operation of the historic Sheldon Concert Hall and is dedicated to enriching the greater St. Louis region and beyond with a wide range of music, visual arts and educational programs of the highest quality, diversity and educational impact.

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Hettie Is very excited to be 60x60 newest dance coordinator 2011. Currently performing in the Broadway Production FELA! Hettie's choreography and performances has been seen on NBC, MTV, VH1, BET, International Wow Theater, 60x60, Solar One, The Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival, The Ailey School and Dance Chicago. Being immersed in a jazz/blues influenced area, Hettie translates her environment and up-bringing into her movement almost flawlessly. Her creative movement is a vision that everyone should experience. Living both in New york and Los Angeles to work on her debut album, set to release in 2012. She is currently choreographing for different projects and is planning a concert through her company, The Just Movement Collective. Hettie remains active and continues to return to the metropolitan area of St. Louis, MO and hometown, East St. Louis, IL to give back to her community. She is also a member of A Long Walk Home, Inc. is a 3 year non-profit organization that uses art therapy and the visual and performance arts to document, to educate and to bring about social change. Providing safe and entertaining forums through which the public learns about healing from trauma. (Rape and Violence) Hettie shares with them what has been given to her - - a passion for the arts, a love for dance and a listening ear.

The Music Gallery is a centre for promoting and presenting innovation and experimentation in all forms of music, and for encouraging cross-pollination between genres, disciplines and audience. The Music Gallery is Toronto's Centre for Creative Music, founded in 1976 by Peter Anson and Al Mattes of the free-improvising group, CCMC. Since its inception, the MG has been a publicly assisted centre for the creation, development and performance of art music from all genres.

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Born in England, Viv has been dancing, choreographing and acting both collaboratively and as a solo artist since 1979, in dance, theatre, film and video. She co-founded Remote Control with Dave Wilson, performing and teaching in Sweden, Australia, England and Canada; worked with community dance in London, England and Canada ((RNIB, CNIB, deaf & partial hearing, multi-abilities, psychiatric survivors); was National Coordinator of Fight Directors, Canada (Advanced Actor Combatant level). Viv teaches Dance and Movement at Humber College. She works with: Fujiwara Dance, Theatre Rusticle, Theatre Direct, Half Crown Clog. She received a Harold (1998-99), Paula Citron 1999 fFIDA Award (Bogie Woman) and several Dora nominations. Viv’s solo performance work is inspired by an eclectic mix of theatre, dance, English Music Hall, stage combat and butoh. She was invited to dance in London (England) and performed her solo dance theatre show Worcestershire Saucy in Toronto in December. Upcoming: Lab Cab (Sept); Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre (May 2011).

Tova Kardonne’s formative choral experiences and her Conservatory training in viola and piano fed early on into a passion for classical, as well as African, South Indian, Brazilian, Eastern European folk, and Klezmer music. She studied Vocal Jazz and Composition and Arranging at Humber College, where she benefited from the instruction of Shannon Gunn, Christine Duncan, Pat LaBarbera, Kirk MacDonald, John Macleod and Don Palmer among others. Tova’s compositions have toured the United States and Europe as part the Vox Novus 60X60 project. Her compositions have scored film installation, and have accompnied works of theatre, dance, and performance art in Toronto and internationally. As a vocalist, she has been privileged to share the stage with such esteemed musicians as Dave Douglas, Ravi Naimpalli, Bill McBirnie, and Christine Duncan. Her original a cappella performance has been included in every Nuit Blanche since 2007, including her large-scale live choral performance installation, “Sound Forest” in 2008 (www.kodaproductions.com ). She has led Klezmer bands, a Brazilian bateria tambourim section, and sings and plays in a Brazilian music duo with multi-instrumentalist Amy Medvick. Tova sings her original compositions with The Thing Is (www.myspace.com/thethingismusic), her 8-piece Balkan-Jazz fusion band, at such venues as The Rex Hotel and The Trane Studio, and makes guest appearances singing her originals with Christian Overton’s Composer’s Collective Big Band (http://www.clovertonemusic.com/ccbb). Tova holds an Hon. B.A. from the University of Toronto with majors in French Linguistics and Philosophy and a minor in Mathematics.

Erin Bomboy has performed as a professional ballet, contemporary, and competitive ballroom dancer. Classical ballet training includes scholarships at Houston Ballet Academy, Pacific Northwest Ballet Academy, and Virginia School of the Arts. She has danced with the Richmond Ballet, the Concert Ballet, and the Latin Ballet. Notable ballroom results include United States Rising Star American Smooth Finalist, Vice Theater Arts Champion, and North American Cabaret Finalist. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Dance at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Ms Bomboy has run her own innovative ballroom business in New York City called Start Dancing NYC which has been featured in Crain's, NYC Channel 7 news, and NYMother.com.

The Sheldon Arts Foundation is committed to the preservation and operation of the historic Sheldon Concert Hall and is dedicated to enriching the greater St. Louis region and beyond with a wide range of music, visual arts and educational programs of the highest quality, diversity and educational impact.

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Stratford Circus is a contemporary performing arts venue situated within sprinting distance of the 2012 Olympic site and Stratford City. Designed by Levitt Bernstein and managed by Newham Sixth Form College, Stratford Circus is a rare and brilliant combination of space, talent, ambition and attitude which reflects the residents' cultures and communities whilst also filling a niche within the London-wide arts scene.
Part of London’s Open Weekend, this dance event of break neck speed and excitement, cannot be better placed than in Stratford - the heart of the developing Olympic City, 60x60 Dance is fitting to celebrate the official two year countdown towards the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012.

Adriana Pegorer is an independent dance artist interested in the interweaving of forms. Born in Italy, where she competed as an athlete, she moved to the UK in 1995 and graduated in Dance & Related Arts at Chichester University in 2001. Winner of the Lea Anderson Choreographic Award for her dancefilm 'Double One' and recipient of ACE awards. She recently performed in Marta E. Savigliano's 'Wallflowers and Femme Fatales' at Harvard University (Boston, USA) and presented her own research at ‘Body, Movement and Dance in Global Perspective’ (Hong Kong, China). Adriana presented several experimental works mixing choreography with improvisation, video and installation, working collaboratively with visual & performance artists, dancers, musicians and writers and funded Adagioconbrio in 2006. She has been freelancing in various organisations and institutions, in addition to teaching pilates, facilitating tango sessions at the RNIB and hosting ‘tango release’, a class and jam at Siobhan Davies Studios every first Sunday of the month..

Silke is a freelance arts manager and producer. Originally from Germany and following a Master Degree in Theatre, Film & Media and Communications & PR, Silke relocated to London in 2004. Since, she has established her career within dance management as a freelancer as well as through her employments with Greenwich Dance Agency, Chisenhale Dance Space and East London Dance. Silke has been creating, developing and producing dance activities, which range from consultation and career support schemes, artist bursaries, education projects (both within the formal and informal sector), community projects (for age groups 11-100), training opportunities, showcases and performances (both indoors and outdoors) and large-scale participatory projects involving up to 250 participants. With her company ZEITGEIST arts productions, Silke aims to work with national and international artists from the dance, performing arts and live art industries with a brave and challenging approach towards the arts.

Stéphanie Bernard is a Montreal-based choreographer, interpreter and improviser specialized in contemporary dance. She graduated from The School of Toronto Dance Theatre and moved back to her hometown in 2006. Recent works includes choreography and interpretation for CoMotion Farm's showcase, improvisations with Grasshoppa Dance Exchange and performance for Dracula, by Fallen Angels Production and for a short film produced by Biss Film. She's newly an administrator for Studio Fleur d'Asphalte and is associated to Les Imprudanses. She also performed for Lara Kramer, Gibson Muriva, François-Joseph Lapointe, Valerie Buddle, and was an apprentice to O Vertigo's company in the winter of 2007. Recently, she was choreographer for the Savoy Society’s production of Pirates of Penzance and is looking forward to this new collaborative production.

Eldad Tsabary is a Montreal-based composer, professor, and event organizer of electroacoustic music. His works won prizes and mentions in international competitions including Washington Project for the Arts and Kraft Media Prize 2009, Miniaturas Electroacústicas 2008, a Deep Wireless Residency 2008, Bourges 2007, Madrid Abierto 2007, ZKM’s Shortcuts:Beauty 2006, and Harbourfront Centre's New Canadian Sound Work 2006. His music is released on Confluencias, ERMMedia, Capstone Records, NAISA, ElektraMusic, Vibrö, Vox Novus, and JAZZIS, and published by Editions BIM (Switzerland). Performers of his music include the Bulgarian Philharmonic, Cygnus Ensemble, and Haim Avitsur at venues such as Carnegie Hall, ISCM World, and CCRMA. Eldad received his education at Boston University, CUNY Graduate Center, Mannes College of music, Rimon School of Jazz (Israel) and Musitechnic . He studied composition under David Loeb, David Olan, David del Tredici, and Tim Brady. Eldad teaches electroacoustic music and music technology at Concordia University and at Formation Musitechnic in Montréal. He is the Canadian director of 60x60 and a board member (treasurer) of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC).

CATERINA BARTHA is a management and producing consultant with over twenty years of experience in the performing arts. From 2008-2009 she served as Executive Director for Doug Varone and Dancers. She is a charter member of the Arts Leadership Institute and holds an MBA in Media Management. From 2003 - 2008 she served as Company Director for Bebe Miller Company, producing critically acclaimed and Bessie award winning Landing/Place(2005). She is a cofounding member of Collective: Unconscious.

Erin Bomboy holds a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts from Indiana University. In addition to being trained in classical ballet, since 1999, she has been a professional ballroom instructor and performer. Ms. Bomboy is the owner and operator of START DANCING NYC a unique dance school that specializes in in-home wedding and social dance instruction.

Amiti Perry is coordinating and "macro-choreographing" the 60x60 Dance tour in 2009 presenting this innovative dance performance in New York City; St Louis; Kansas City, Kansas, and Columbus, Ohio. Amiti Perry founded æmp:dance / amiti perry + company, a multi-directional, multi-dimensional contemporary dance company. In addition to working with her own company and 60×60 Dance, Amiti is a performing member of ellen stokes shadle/DANCEWORKS and seenperformance, and is curator and co-producer of Uptown Performance Series at Bridge for Dance. As co-founder of DIPdance with collaborator Coco Loupe with which she presented and performed works in New York, Texas, Louisiana and Ohio. She performed as a guest artist with Rachel Lampert and Dancers and performed, taught, assisted and designed, nationally and internationally, with Skip Costa/COREmovement Project-NYC.

Erin Bomboy holds a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts from Indiana University. In addition to being trained in classical ballet, since 1999, she has been a professional ballroom instructor and performer. Ms. Bomboy is the owner and operator of START DANCING NYC a unique dance school that specializes in in-home wedding and social dance instruction.

"Arts World Financial Center is engaging the public like never before," said Arts World Financial Center's Executive and Artistic Director Debra Simon, who recently expanded the program to Brookfield Properties' buildings in Los Angeles. "For over two decades we've engaged and entertained the public with hundreds of free events in one of the world's grandest public spaces, the World Financial Center Winter Garden. At 20, it is only going to get better." Arts World Financial Center is sponsored by American Express, Battery Park City Authority, Brookfield Properties and Merrill Lynch.
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Mad Art Gallery is an exciting alternative gallery and performance space dedicated to creating exhibitions and cultural programs that cultivate artists as well as art audiences. Mad Art Gallery is housed in the former Third District Police Station, a wonderfully renovated example of 1930’s Art Deco architecture in the historic Soulard neighborhood. The gallery is award winning, and without a doubt, St. Louis' most spectacular venue for art exhibitions and unique events. Mad Art boasts 19,000 square feet of terrazzo floors and marble hallways. The once squad car garage is now a stunning 3800 square foot gallery space equipped with state of the art lighting.

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Electronic Music Midwest is dedicated to programming of a wide variety of electroacoustic music and providing the highest quality performance of electronic media. This annual festival consists of approximately nine short concerts (about 1 hour in length) over the course of a weekend in Autumn

Wall Street is Columbus' ultimate dance spot. The two-floored interior features a huge, open dance space that can be turned into a pretty impressive stage for shows and other productions. There’s also a lounge in the upstairs balcony where the club’s second bar is located.

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Jeramy Zimmerman/CatScratch Theatre is committed to bringing performance to unexpected places, thus helping the audience member to see her or his world in a slightly different way. Jeramy Zimmerman is a co-founder and the director of CatScratch Theatre. Her work for CatScratch Theatre has been performed on stages and in non-traditional places such as the Staten Island Ferry, In front of the New York City Stock Exchange, the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage and Chateau Cazals in southeastern France.

After you frittered away your time not seeing art and this is your chance to make it up in just one hour. Galapagos has a dramatic and beautiful new space and you won't have to wade through hipsters to get to it. Vox Novus collaborate with CatScratch Theatre to create 60x60Dance. 60x60 Dance will be a two night presentation at the new Galapagos in D.U.M.B.O. Brooklyn. Each night had 60 one minute works by 60 different composers and 30 choreographers created dances for 2 works in the hour performance.

After you frittered away your time not seeing art and this is your chance to make it up in just one hour. Galapagos has a dramatic and beautiful new space and you won't have to wade through hipsters to get to it. Vox Novus collaborate with CatScratch Theatre to create 60x60Dance. 60x60 Dance will be a two night presentation at the new Galapagos in D.U.M.B.O. Brooklyn. Each night had 60 one minute works by 60 different composers and 30 choreographers created dances for 2 works in the hour performance.

"Arts World Financial Center is engaging the public like never before," said Arts World Financial Center's Executive and Artistic Director Debra Simon, who recently expanded the program to Brookfield Properties' buildings in Los Angeles. "For over two decades we've engaged and entertained the public with hundreds of free events in one of the world's grandest public spaces, the World Financial Center Winter Garden. At 20, it is only going to get better." Arts World Financial Center is sponsored by American Express, Battery Park City Authority, Brookfield Properties and Merrill Lynch.

After you frittered away your time not seeing art and this is your chance to make it up in just one hour. Galapagos has a dramatic and beautiful new space and you won't have to wade through hipsters to get to it. Vox Novus collaborate with CatScratch Theatre to create 60x60Dance. 60x60 Dance will be a two night presentation at the new Galapagos in D.U.M.B.O. Brooklyn. Each night had 60 one minute works by 60 different composers and 30 choreographers created dances for 2 works in the hour performance.

Choreographers on Friday’s night performance include: Toby Billowitz, Emma Cotter, Leslie Cuyjet, Chloe Douglass, Julie Fotheringham, Daman Huran, Inbred Hybrid Collective Jackie Kook, Jen Kosky, Kelly Mayfield, Erick Montes, Tara O'Con, Amiti Perry, Kourtney Rutherford, Laura Shapiro, Margaret Schedel, Amber Sloan, Jocelyn Soulet, Storme Sundeberg, Hattie Mae Williams/the Tattooed Ballerinas, Carlos A. Cruz Velazquez, Darrin Wright and Jeramy Zimmerman

In early 2007, Jeramy Zimmerman met Rob Voisey of Vox Novus, which was in its fifth year of producing the 60x60 project. Sensing an exciting opportunity, the two decided to collaborate on the next 60x60. Jeramy Zimmerman/CatScratch Theatre brought together 60 choreographers to create dances for the 60 audio works. The performance was held in August 2007 at Jan Hus Presbyterian Church.