Jeff Morris

Performing on live sampling instruments with violinist Eric km Clark

60x60 Dance pairs 60 composers with 60 choreographers for an electrifying
one-hour multimedia performance

60x60 will take place at the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden, NYC on
November 14, 2008 12:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

New York, NY – arts>World Financial Center is pleased to present 60x60 Dance
– a multimedia extravaganza pairing 60 composers with 60 choreographers for
a thrilling one-hour surfing of today's music and dance scenes. Envisioned
by 60x60 project director Robert Voisey and choreographer Jeramy Zimmerman,
this one-of-a-kind performance consists of 60 modern dance pieces set to 60
different and brand-new one-minute compositions. Dance influences range from
ballet and tango to postmodern movements, while music includes medieval
chant, neo-romantic chamber music, jazz, pop, electronica and everything but
the kitchen sink. 60x60 Dance will take place on Friday, November 14 at the
WFC Winter Garden at 12:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The event is free.

"We're living in a world of information overload where channel surfing has
become an aesthetic onto itself," explains Robert Voisey, founder and
director of the new music consortium Vox Novus, which initiated the 60x60
project in 2003 with one-hour concerts featuring one composer per minute.
"How short can a composition be for it to get its message across? Our goal
is to disseminate the largest amount of music and dance to a broad spectrum
of people."

Eclectic by nature, 60x60 Dance offers an unmatched diversity of aesthetics,
styles and techniques, making for a fast-speed, exhilarating event which
never ceases to surprise. Music selections for the WFC event have been
culled from an international pool of emerging and established composers, and
then assigned to an equally varied mix of New York-based choreographers
assembled by Jeramy Zimmerman. During the event, the compositions will be
played in succession over loud speakers. A large analog clock will keep
track of time, with each minute marking the end of one dance and the
beginning of another.

The 60 composers include Laurie Spiegel, Maggi Payne, Gene Pritsker,
Christian Alequin, Robert Allaire, Nathan Asman, Gilberto Assis Rosa,
Benjamin Boone, Adrian Borza, Courtney Brown, Paul Burnell, Russell Cannon,
Nicholas Chase, David Claman, Jesse S. Clark, Adam Di Angela, Massimo
Fragalà, William Francis, funf, Marji Gere, Josh Goldman, Alejandro Guerro,
David Hahn, Cheyenne Henderson, Joel Hickman, Tilman Kuntzel, HyeKyung Lee,
Cyprian Li, Sean Luciw, Gilles Maillet, Mike McFerron, Jordan McLean, Leslie
de Melcher, Todd Merrell, Justin Merritt, Jeff Morris, David Morneau, Tim
Mukherjee, Julia Norton, Junya Oikawa, Milicia Paranosic, Jeff Pfaumbaum,
Bob Pollio, Schahram Poursoudmand (Lichtschrei), Jeffrey Raheb,
Reconsiderate, Prent Rodgers, Paul Russell, Mark Scarpelli, Thorsten
Scheerer ("Lilienweiss"), Dan Sedgwick, Louis Sellers, David Ben Shannon,
Alex Shapiro, Nivedita ShivRaj, Alan Shockley, Patrick Smith, Mingzhu Song,
Anthony St. Pierre, Robert Voisey, and Michael Wittgraf.

The 60 choreographers include Mary Cochran, Guta Hedwig, Pascal
Rekoert/Flexicurve, Dixie FunLee Shulman, Marcella Alvarez, Germaul Barnes,
Hettie Barnhill, Denise Binder, Samir Bittar, Deborah Black, Kim Blanchard,
Jessica Bonenfant, Emily Bufferd, Preston Burger, Bryan Campbell, Veronica
Carnero, Elana B Cohen, Ginger Cox, Alberto Denis, Jessica Desmond, Kathleen
Dyer/KDNY Dance, Caron Eule, Julie Fotheringham, Marisa Jane Gruneberg,
Alaine Handa/ A.H. Dance Company, Jen Harmer, CJ Holm, Lauren Holstein,
Kaoru Ikeda, Erin Jennings, Beth Jucov/Dance Visions, Eun Jung and
Guillermo/Da•Da•Dance Project, Lindsey Dietz Marchant, Jordan Marinov, Kate
Patchett and Melina Gac-Artigas, Amiti Perry, Becky Radway, Cathy Richards,
Dana Reed, Eryn Rosenthal, Lynn Marie Ruse, Laura Shapiro, Leanne Schmidt,
Carrie Stern, Roses Taveras, Astrid von Ussar, Mojca Ussar, Raegan
Wilson/The Luvley Rae, Yin Yue, Jeramy Zimmerman/CatScratch Theatre,
Courtney Zbinden, and Rishauna Zumberg.

60x60 Dance is a collaboration with 60x60, a series conceived by Vox Novus,
whose mission is to produce and disseminate new music to a large and diverse
audience. 60x60 debuted in New York in 2003 as an electroacoustic "tape"
concert featuring 60 short electronic works. Since then 60x60 has organized
dozens of concerts in the U.S. and around the world, promoting the work of
more than 1000 composers. It has also expanded to include yearly
collaborations with other media, including video, photography, films,
sculpture, and dance. Among recent concerts and collaborations are Canadian
Mix (October 2008, Toronto's Nuit Blanche and Halifax), Midwest Mix (October
2008, Electronic Music Midwest), 60x60 Video (September 2008, French TV),
and 60x60 Dance (September 2008, Galapagos). Every year, a CD is released to
archive and preserve the music. The current discography includes 60x60
(2003) on Capstone, and two double-albums (2004-2005 and 2006-2007) on Vox
Novus.

60x60 Dance is presented by arts>World Financial Center, which is sponsored
by American Express, Battery Park City Authority, Brookfield Properties and
Merrill Lynch.

"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.

Admission is free for all events. For more information on Arts>World
Financial Center, call (212) 945-0505 or click www.worldfinancialcenter.com

For more information on Vox Novus and 60x60, go to: www.voxnovus.com/60x60/

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