Artists' Biographies

Kettye VoItz (Artistic Director)

Kettye Voltz is the Artistic Director, co-founder, co-producer, and a choreographer for Tsunami Dance Company. Her choreography has been performed locally in Tsunami Dance Company's concerts Fast Forward (2003), GO (2004), Match (2005), and Orpheus (2006), Portraits in a Forgotten City (2007), and Fugitive (2007) as well as DramaRama 10, 11, 13, 14 and as featured artist in 12, A Confederacy of Dances, The Louisiana Dance Festival in Baton Rouge (2005-2006), Happensdance, and as a guest artist with Southeastern Louisiana University and the Contemporary Dance South Conference. In 2006 her work was performed in the D.U.M.B.O. Dance Festival, The Wave Rising Series (one of twelve companies selected nation wide), and the Cool New York Dance Festival. She is a three-time recipient of the Big Easy Classical Arts Award for Best Modern Dance Production,(for GO, Orpheus and Portraits in a Forgotten City), as well as a three-time nominee for Best Original Choreography for Banco Ballante, Mi Corazon and Ego-Tripping at the Gates of Hell. She is the 2007/2008 Louisiana Division of the Arts fellowship recipient in choreography and was selected by Gambit Weekly for their 2007 40 under 40 tribute to individuals whose efforts have contributed to the community in New Orleans.