Performances
- Rare Beauties Track List: Behind the Score
- Music for the Eyes: DJD’s 2025/2026 Season
- Message from the Artistic Director – 2025/2026
- Reminiscing in Tempo – Musician Biographies
- Reminiscing In Tempo – Artistic Director’s Message
- It’s DJD’s Birthday!
- Call and Response – Musician Biographies
- Call and Response – Artistic Director’s Message
- DJD On The Road – Summer 2024
- Behind the Scenes with Party Time – A Follow-Up with Costume Designer Hannah Fisher
- DJD’s Party Time gets the seats shaking in downtown Calgary
- Decidedly Jazz Danceworks discovers its inner party animal with new production
- Party Time, new show by Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, aims to be ‘a spectacular spectacle’
- CKUA – The Upload with Kate Stevens – Musical Director Carsten Rubeling Discusses Party Time
- Party Time – Musician Biographies
- Party Time – Artistic Director’s Message
- Behind the Scenes with Party Time – Interview with Costume Designer Hannah Fisher
- Behind the Scenes with Olio – Interview with Costume Designer Hannah Fisher
- Behind the Scenes with Olio – Interviews with Choreographers
- Olio – Musician Biographies
- Olio – Artistic Director’s Message
- Learn More About Olio with Kimberley Cooper
- Artistic Director’s Message From the Road – Family of Jazz Tour #2
- Artistic Director’s Message From the Road – Family of Jazz Tour
- Family of Jazz Summer Tour – Learn About Our Tour Stops
- Nervous Systems – Musician Biographies
- Nervous Systems – Artistic Director’s Message
- Artistic Director’s Message – Old/New/Borrowed/Blue
- Behind the Scenes with Kimberley Cooper and the Creation of Old/New/Borrowed/Blue
- A Message from the Artistic Director of AMPLIFIED
- AMPLIFIED Program
- There is Something in the Details – Program
- It should be Opening Night… (Beautiful Noise)
- Interview with Sarah Doucet – Costume Designer, Juliet & Romeo
- Thoughts from an English Teacher on Juliet & Romeo
- Interview with Nick Fraser – Juliet & Romeo Musical Director and Composer
- Interview with Natasha Korney – Juliet & Romeo Narrator, Company Dancer
- A Message from the Artistic Director, Kimberley Cooper (Juliet & Romeo)
- Artistic Director’s Message From the Road
- Interview with Rubim de Toledo – Double Bill
- Interview with Sarah Doucet – Double Bill
- Interview with Myriam Allard – Double Bill
- Interview with Karimah – Double Bill
- Double Bill by Kimberley Cooper
- Better Get Hit in Your Soul – Audience Feature – Dinou Martlett-Stuart
- Better Get Hit in Your Soul – Dancer Feature – Shayne Johnson
- Better Get Hit in Your Soul – Dancer Feature – Catherine Hayward
- Better Get Hit in Your Soul – Why Charles Mingus? by Kimberley Cooper
- Kim Cooper’s Notes on MIMIC
- Message from MIMIC Co-Creators Kimberley Cooper & Peter Balkwill
- Interview with Natalie Purschwitz – MIMIC
- Interview with Nick Fraser – MIMIC
- Interview with Peter Balkwill – MIMIC
- Velocity Creative Process Audio Series with Tasha Korney
- Message from Artistic Director, Kimberley Cooper on Velocity
- Velocity Creative Process Blog Series with Kaja Irwin
- Behind the scenes of Ziriguidum – The story of Cia Vatá
- Behind the Scenes of Ziriguidum- The Music
- Hearing “Ziriguidum” for the First Time
- Borderland – The Music 2
- Borderland – Rodney’s Inspiration
- Borderland – The music
- The Costumes of Year of the Horse
- About the music: Year of the Horse Q&A with Rubim de Toledo
Press
- Decidedly Jazz Danceworks marks 10 years in its dance centre with season finale double bill
- Matters of Rhythm & Harmony on CTV’s Your Morning
- DJD celebrates 10 years of its pioneering dance centre with double-bill show
- DJD celebrates 10th birthday of dance centre with Matters of Rhythm and Harmony
- HPR Spotlight: Rare Beauties celebrates the wonder of the women of DJD
- Rare Beauties at DJD brings high dance drama to the rodeo
- What to Do in Calgary This January: DJD Featured in The Scene
- The Big Easy: In its 40th year, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks salutes New Orleans’ roots of the genre
- DJD turns 40 and goes to the High Performance Rodeo to celebrate with Call and Response
- DJD’s Party Time gets the seats shaking in downtown Calgary
- Decidedly Jazz Danceworks discovers its inner party animal with new production
- Party Time, new show by Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, aims to be ‘a spectacular spectacle’
- CKUA – The Upload with Kate Stevens – Musical Director Carsten Rubeling Discusses Party Time
- ‘Phenomenal musicians working in concert with extraordinary dance artists’
- Malpaso Dance Company Ignites the Stage
- New DJD show Olio features dancer-choreographed performance
- CKUA – Traffic Jams – Kimberley Cooper Discusses Olio
- Calgary’s DJD takes the stage at prestigious Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts
- DANCE REVIEW: At Jacob’s Pillow, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks moves with ‘rare confidence’ and ‘full-bodied pleasure’ on the Leir Stage
- Decidedly Jazz Danceworks Will Perform at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
- Calgary Eyeopener with Loren McGinnis, Angela Knight – Dancing Parkinson’s YYC
- Review: The brain versus the body: DJD’s show Nervous Systems seeks to understand the human condition
- ‘Life’s too short’ — Calgary’s live entertainment industry dials back killer schedule
- DJD’s new show showcases the brain and the body; troupe accepts prestigious invitation
- DJD looks to past and future with new show Old/New/Borrow/Blue
- Calgary Eyeopener with Loren McGinnis, Angela Knight – Old/New/Borrowed/Blue
- Jazz Dance, Featuring You
- Review: Sheer joy of music and movement wins the night in DJD’s dance show, Family of Jazz
- Calgary Eyeopener with David Gray, Angela Knight – Family of Jazz
- DJD to perform world premiere of Family of Jazz Thursday
- All that Jazz: Decidedly Jazz Danceworks returns with first in-theatre performance in two years
- Calgary: Jazz in the Breezeway
- Drive-in dance performance offered by DJD
- Drive down and tune in for unconventional modern dance show
- Decidedly Jazz Danceworks is putting on drive-in performances – The Drive with Ted Henley
- Iconic Calgary dance company featured at national virtual dance festival
- Rowdy, sexy and rambunctious, DJD’s Juliet and Romeo transforms the duet into a knife fight
- On Tour: Decidedly Jazz Danceworks’ Juliet & Romeo at the Fredericton Playhouse
- DJD mines earth’s elements for double bill
- DJD conjure up the wild spirit of Charles Mingus for the High Performance Rodeo
- With Mimic, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks and Old Trouts deliver primal pageantry with puppets
- Review: DJD’s Mimic a masterpiece in carnivorously creative colours
- DJD’s Velocity crosses a bridge into the unknown
- DJD brings bittersweet vaudeville era to life with sparkle and shine
- Anita’s Eye on the Rodeo – Juliet and Romeo – Decidedly Jazz Danceworks – DJD Dance Centre
- Cory Bowles talks adapting Shakespeare for Decidedly Jazz Danceworks’ Juliet & Romeo
Profiles
- ‘Just Keep Jumping In’: How Perseverance Led to Personal Growth through the Universal Language of DJD’s Adult Dance Classes
- From ‘Two Left Feet’ to 27 Hours a Week: How One Adult Student Found Her ‘Home’ at DJD
- Discover Nervous Systems – An Interview with Production Manager Sarah Minor
- Discover Nervous Systems – An Interview with Composer & Musical Director Carsten Rubeling
- Discover Old/New/Borrowed/Blue – An Interview with Founder in Residence and Choreographer Vicki Adams Willis
- Discover Old/New/Borrowed/Blue – An Interview with Choreographer Marie France Forcier
- People of DJD: Jocelyn Mah
- People of DJD – Jamie Freeman Cormack
- People of DJD: Jasmine Almaguer Sheldrick
- People of DJD: Kayla MacKenzie
- Meet the Family: Costume Designer Sarah Doucet Interviewed by Kimberley Cooper
- Meet The Family: Head of Sound Dan Frerichs Celebrates 40 Shows with DJD
- Meet The Family: Musical Director Rubim De Toledo Interviewed by Kimberley Cooper
- Meet The Family: Guest Choreographer Brandi Coleman Interviewed by Kimberley Cooper
- Meet The Family: Guest Choreographer Melanie George Interviewed by Kimberley Cooper
- Meet The Family: Guest Choreographer Lisa La Touche Interviewed by Kimberley Cooper
- Teacher Feature: Welcome Back Rosalind!
- PTP Interview Series: Max Kornachuk
- PTP Interview Series: Mariko Moriyama
- PTP Interview Series: Jocelyn Mah
- PTP Interview Series: Robyn Harris
- PTP Interview Series: Program Director, Jamie Freeman-Cormack
- People of DJD – Sylvie Moquin
- People of DJD – Sarah Dolan
- People of DJD – Dinou Martlett-Stuart
- People of DJD – Katharina Schier
- People of DJD – Raymond Jordan Johnson-Brown
- People of DJD – Sabrina Comanescu
- People of DJD – Michèle Moss
- People of DJD – Adriana Cueva
- People of DJD – Heather Close
- People of DJD – Kathleen Doherty
- Interview with Natalie Purschwitz – MIMIC
- Interview with Nick Fraser – MIMIC
- Interview with Peter Balkwill – MIMIC
News
- Vicki Adams Willis Featured by CTV Following Order of Canada Announcement
- DJD Founder in Residence, Vicki Adams Willis, has been appointed to the Order of Canada
- Suspending Disbelief: Distanced Swing Hits the Festival Circuit
- Message from the Artistic Director – 2024/2025
- Message from the Artistic Director – 2023/2024
- Celebrating Kimberley Cooper’s 10th Anniversary as DJD’s Artistic Director
- Happy 39th Birthday DJD!
- Dance School Principal Announcement
- DJD Invited to Perform at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival with Family of Jazz
- Watch Our Founders Get Inducted into Canada’s Dance Hall of Fame
- Message from the Artistic Director – 2022/2023
- Covid Protocols for Family of Jazz Performances
- Message from the Artistic Director – 2021/2022
- DJD Dance Centre Relaunch Protocols & Policies
- Celebrating Founder-in-Residence Vicki Adams Willis
- Happy 37th Anniversary DJD! – A Message from Founder Vicki Adams Willis
- The 35//50 Initiative
- Congratulations to Vicki Adams Willis!
- International Dance Day Message 2020
- It should be Opening Night… (Beautiful Noise)
- Happy 36th Birthday DJD!
- Images of Dancers to Light up the Night Sky at the DJD Dance Centre
- DJD Wins Best Of Calgary
- DJD Celebrates International Jazz Day with Ground-Breaking for new facility
Events
- Suspending Disbelief: Distanced Swing Hits the Festival Circuit
- It’s DJD’s Birthday!
- DJD 50/50
- Meet the Teachers Behind the 2024 Black History Month Classes
- Olio – Artistic Director’s Message
- The Black & White Ball Fashion Inspiration
- Nervous Systems – Artistic Director’s Message
- Black & White Ball Performers – Penguins on Broadway
- Artistic Director’s Message – Family of Jazz
- Black & White Ball Performers – The Carifest Dancers
- Black & White Ball 2020 Style Guide 1920’S Icons
- Black & White Ball Photographer – Michael Grondin
- Black & White Ball Performers – Lucy’s Angels
- Black & White Ball Committee Chair – Claire Auroi
- The Black & White Ball 2019 Looks by Holt Renfrew
- Black & White Ball – Styling by Aldona B
- Black & White Ball – Make Up Tutorial #2
- Black & White Ball – Make Up Tutorial #1
Explore Dance
- What is Jazz Dance? A Beginner’s Guide to the African-Rooted Style
- Rhythmic Reflections: Global Vibe & Soul Jugglers (1998-99)
- Suspending Disbelief: Distanced Swing Hits the Festival Circuit
- Rhythmic Reflections: Stolen Moments & Locker Slammin’, Navel-Gazin’, and Random Leaps of Faith
- Rhythmic Reflections: Rhythm Addiction
- It’s DJD’s Birthday!
- Rhythmic Reflections: Jazzmanian Crossroads
- Rhythmic Reflections: No Small Feets
- Rhythmic Reflections: Time Pieces
- Rhythmic Reflections: Fast Forward & Summer Songs
- Rhythmic Reflections: Fifth Anniversary & On EdJE
- Rhythmic Reflections: Peripheral Visions and Dancers & Other Musical Instruments
- Rhythmic Reflections: It’s About Time! & Rockin’ in Rhythm
- Rhythmic Reflections: Body and Sole
- 16 Black Artists Who Impacted Jazz Dance History
- The History of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks
- Sweet Memories of Tommy Banks and Diane Miller from Founder in Residence, Vicki Adams Willis
Community
- Parkinson’s Awareness Month
- Meet the Teachers Behind the 2024 Black History Month Classes
- Our Community – Serenella Sol
- Our Community – Ashley Brodeur
- Our Community – Wunmi Idowu
- Our Community – Nicole Andrea Pemberton
- Our Community – Lisa La Touche
- Great Eats Near DJD
- Happy International Women’s Day from DJD! Proud to be home to women empowering women.