Naked performers come in at 20:31, 52:37 and 56:34

60×60 Concordia 2017

Original was uploaded on 2017-05-07

Concordia’s Music, Contemporary Dance, and Theatre departments present 60×60 Concordia 2017

Wednesday February 1st, 2017 at the DB Clarke Theatre

60×60 is a one-hour long sequence of 60 one-minute-long pieces without pause. This format was created by Robert Voisey of Vox Novus in 2003 and has been presented in multiple formats worldwide hundreds of times In its initial format, 60×60 was fixed (audio only), but in 2005 it transformed into a multidisciplinary (and interdisciplinary) event, most prominently with video and dance components. In 2008, the Canadian version of 60×60 was established at Concordia in collaboration with Vox Novus and was presented in multiple formats, including several dance shows.

In 2010, it was performed at Concordia’s FoFA gallery with dance and video in a continuous 10-hour (600×60) format, which set a world record for most composers (600) programmed in a single show. In 2013, the Canadian 60×60 was presented to a full house audience at the DB Clarke theatre, in a format incorporating music, dance, theatre, and video, sometimes in large groups and sometimes without a single person on stage. !

Concordia students, including EaSt’s James Finnerty as music/audio director, managed most of the production aspects of this show, including mix, choreography, theatrics, design, and lighting. The exclusively Concordia student-based 60x60music/dance/theatre/video format began in 2014.
This year’s macro-composers are Cass Beauvais and Danil Ulmashev

This video captures the 60×60 Concordia 2017 event, a series of 60-second contemporary dance and performance art pieces on a theater stage. Performers execute synchronized group dances, abstract choreography like in 'Flower Chamber' by Christopher Lacey, and experimental solos with props. A musical interlude features a woman singing into a microphone, while later segments include topless dancers waving colorful pom-poms.