[Voxnovus] 60x60 Dance-Toronto: A maddening kaleidoscopic of dances will give way to wildly fused music when 60x60 Dance meets The Thing Is in Toronto, Canada

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A maddening kaleidoscopic of dances will give way to wildly fused music when
60x60 Dance meets The Thing Is in Toronto 

NOVEMBER 20, 2010 (TORONTO, ON) Internationally acclaimed 60x60 Dance teams
up with The Thing Is in an exciting performance of contemporary music and
modern dance unlike any you’ve seen before. 

In an astonishing combination of dance and music, Toronto choreographer Viv
Moore will coordinate the Toronto debut of 60x60 Dance to start the evening.
60x60 Dance takes 60 one-minute audio works (by 60 different composers, of
which Kardonne is one) and pairs them with 60 new dances by different
choreographers, presented, without interruption, as a continuous one-hour
performance synchronized to an analog clock. 

Time Out London says: "Either a genius or crazy concept for a dance show,
depending on how you look at it: 60 choreographers each create 60 seconds of
movement to be performed in succession, making one hour of fast-changing,
switched up dance ... if there's one thing you can say for sure, if won't be
boring." - LONDON 2012: TWO YEARS TO GO 60x60 Dance – Time Out London 2010 

“It’s this kind of madness that makes the cultural world go round
” An
Express Without Any Delays By ROSLYN SULCAS, New York Times, November 17,
2008 

Toronto composer Tova Kardonne’s fusion band, The Thing Is, runs to
heavy-grooving polyrhythmic layer-cakes of melody and counterpoint; her
eight-piece jazz-fusion unit The Thing Is brings her singular musical vision
to fruition with swaggering confidence, led by her vocals and joined by
special guests Ted Quinlan on guitar and Dave Restivo on piano. 

“I was impressed by The Thing Is... Adventurous composition and great
musicianship combined with a wild array of influences for a cool and unique
sound.” - Alan Davis, Small World Music, President 

With Viv Moore at the helm of the dance side of the collaboration, 60
compositions of the Crimson Mix were paired with a line-up of dancers
including Andrea Nann, Kathleen Rea, Meagan O’Shea and Karen and Allen
Kaeja. The full complement of dancers range in background from hip-hop to
circus, ballet to postmodern dance. 

Gemini nominated Director and Award winning Choreographer Allen Kaeja -
"Abattoir
a fierce and disturbing work...edgy and intriguing" - Globe and
Mail 

Winston Spear is a comedian probably best known for the unique dance
routines he incorporates into his comedy act. Spear was a semi finalist for
NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2008 and Winner of the Canadian Comedy Award
for Best Stand-up Comic. King of the obscure. 

Angola Murdoch's childhood was spent mostly upside down. Her background in
gymnastics and dance facilitate her ease in movement in the air and on the
ground. 

Andrea Naan has received three Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations for
Outstanding Performances. 

Kathleen Rea is recipient of the K.M Hunter dance award 

Conceived to showcase both the height and the breadth of music being created
by electro-acoustic composers, 60x60 Dance shares not only a composer with
The Thing Is, but also a genre-straddling indeterminacy of type that pushes
audiences to hear what they’re hearing, see what they’re seeing, and take
that as the first and last measure of the experience. 

November 20, 2010 - 8:00 PM 

60x60 Dance 2010 Crimson Mix 
The Music Gallery 
197 John Street 
Toronto, ON M5T 1X6 
(416) 204-1080 
$15/$10 members 
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2010_Dance_Music_Gallery_Toronto.htm
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/60x60_Dance.htm

This version of 60x60, called 360 degrees of 60x60, is sponsored in part by
the International Computer Music Association (ICMA) - www.computermusic.org
The works included in the mix were created specifically for the 2010 ICMC
RED Edition (International Computer Music Conference) presented by Stony
Brook University in New York City and Stony Brook. Six 60x60 mixes featuring
360 pieces from different composers throughout the world will presented
during the conference and at remote concerts around the globe. 

The 6 different mixes are all named a different shade of red to honor the
RED edition of ICMC: 60x60 Burgundy mix, Crimson mix, Magenta mix, Sanguine
mix, Scarlet mix, and Vermilion mix. Each mix is one hour long and contains
different composers totaling to 360 different works each by different
composers from many different countries around the world. 

60x60 is produced by Vox Novus, an organization in New York dedicated to the
promotion of contemporary music.  
 
Composers in the 360 degrees of 60x60 (Crimson Mix) include:
Sean Archibald, Richard Arnest, Lydia Ayers, Christopher Bailey, Michael
Baldwin, Zachary Todd Barr, Brian Belet, Daniel Blinkhorn, James Brody,
Warren Burt, Ede Cameron, Foster Clark, Cindy Cox, Mike Crain, Josh Crowe,
Pierre Desmarais, Francis Dhomont, Marco Dibeltulu, Matthew Ellis, Robert
Fleisher, Doug Geers, Michael Gogins, David Gordon, Kraig Grady, Esin
Gunduz, Tomer Harari, Jaclyn Heyen, Ryan Homsey, Chuckk Hubbard, Aaron
Krister Johnson, duck juggler, Tova Kardonne, Elizabeth Joan Kelly, Howard
Kenty, Laura Kramer, Petri Kuljuntausta, Chris Mann, Phil Mantione, David
Morneau, Peter Mottram, Chiharu Mukaiyama, Milica Paranosic, Christopher
Preissing, Jeffrey Rabena, Dean Rosenthal, Bettie Ross, Edward Ruchalski,
Iván Sánchez, Anne van Schothorst, Wolf D. Schreiber, Anthony St.Pierre,
Heather Stebbins, Paul Tucker, Chris Vaisvil, Vittorio Vella, Clemens von
Reusner, Rodney Waschka, Marcel Wierckx, and Tom Williams 

Choreographers in the 60x60 Dance include:
Corrin Adams, Leslie Ann Glen, Colin Anthony, Nicole Barber, Piotr Biernat,
Allison Cummings, Jimmy Danger, Liv Davies, Michae DuMaresq, Brittany
Duggan, Megan English, Four Face Femme, Mairead Filgate, Five Feet Dance
(Raichael Michelle), Marie France Forcier, Melinda Franco-Deines, Jasmyn
Fyffe, Amy Hampton, Charmaine Headley, Maxine Heppner, Illnana / Diverse
City Dance Company (Kristina Udegbunam), Merey Ismailova, Jay9DanceProjects
(JannineSaarinen/JenHum), PamJohnson, AllenKaeja, KarenKaeja, Kinetic
Elements (KendraHughes), Kokus (LukasPress), BrandyLeary, Chelsea Lee,
Andrea Lithgow, Sarah McQueston, Mobot, Sumika Motoki, Angola Murdoch, Kate
Nankervis, Andrea Nann, Yvonne Ng, Caroline Niklas-Gordon, Keiko Ninomiya,
Malgorzata Nowacka, Meagan O’Shea, Bee Pallomina, Patrick Parson, Marlowe
Porter, Shantell Powell, random acts of dance, Faye Rauw, Kathleen Rea, Lucy
Rupert, Heather Saum (CollectiveHeat), Takako Segawa, Pam Shoebottom,
Winston Spear, Spirit Synott, Darry Tracy, Gerry Trentham, Apolonia
Velasquez, We In Motion (QueendyLee),  Phyllis Whyte, Dave Wilson, and Julia
Wyncoll