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Title Author: Heather Close
ID 8960
Date January 12, 2022
Title AMPLIFIED Program
Url https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/amplified-program/
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Summary CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE AMPLIFIED PROGRAM
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ID 6219
Date March 27, 2021
Title Happy 37th Anniversary DJD! – A Message from Founder Vicki Adams Willis
Url https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/happy-37th-anniversary-djd-a-message-from-founder-vicki-adams-willis/
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Summary It was a completely unexpected life path diversion that began with the simple suggestion: “Why don’t we start a little dance company?” We had no idea, absolutely NO idea, what an intense and ridiculously challenging, yet charmed journey we were about to embark on…. It was 1983 and I had just returned from a revitalizing U of C sabbatical that had taken me to California, New York and Europe, as...
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ID 6142
Date March 17, 2021
Title There is Something in the Details – Program
Url https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/there-is-something-in-the-details-program/
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Summary Choreography: Michèle Moss and the dancers – through a system of devising and being alive in the moment Music (not including fragments): Pink Dragon (Parov Stelar) Shake Your Body – Down to the Ground (Hot 8 Brass Band) Clap Your Hands (Parov Stelar) Boxes and Squares (Tank and the Bangas) La Pègre (Nicolas Repac) Afro Drum and Bass (Glyn Bush) Danced by: Scott Augustine Cassandra Bowerman Sabrina Comanescu Jason Owin F....
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ID 6881
Date February 8, 2021
Title PTP Interview Series: Max Kornachuk
Url https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/ptp-feature-max-kornachuk/
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Summary DJD’s PTP program is an eight-month training experience. The PTP is dedicated to the development of skilled and knowledgeable jazz dance artists. The program runs Monday to Friday, September to May, with three to four hours of training each day. Participants study Jazz, Tap, Jazz Improvisation, West African, Swing, Latin, Core Strength, Jump Rhythm Jazz Style, DJD Repertoire, Jazz History and Jazz Music Appreciation. MEET MAX! 1. HOW LONG HAVE...
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ID 6878
Date January 22, 2021
Title PTP Interview Series: Mariko Moriyama
Url https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/ptp-feature-mariko-moriyama/
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Summary DJD’s PTP program is an eight-month training experience. The PTP is dedicated to the development of skilled and knowledgeable jazz dance artists. The program runs Monday to Friday, September to May, with three to four hours of training each day. Participants study Jazz, Tap, Jazz Improvisation, West African, Swing, Latin, Core Strength, Jump Rhythm Jazz Style, DJD Repertoire, Jazz History and Jazz Music Appreciation. MEET MARIKO! WHERE ARE YOU FROM...
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ID 6885
Date January 15, 2021
Title PTP Interview Series: Jocelyn Mah
Url https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/ptp-feature-jocelyn-mah/
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Summary DJD’s PTP program is an eight-month training experience. The PTP is dedicated to the development of skilled and knowledgeable jazz dance artists. The program runs Monday to Friday, September to May, with three to four hours of training each day. Participants study Jazz, Tap, Jazz Improvisation, West African, Swing, Latin, Core Strength, Jump Rhythm Jazz Style, DJD Repertoire, Jazz History and Jazz Music Appreciation. MEET JOCELYN! 1. WHERE ARE YOU...
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ID 6875
Date December 10, 2020
Title PTP Interview Series: Robyn Harris
Url https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/ptp-feature-robyn-harris/
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Summary DJD’s PTP program is an eight-month training experience. The PTP is dedicated to the development of skilled and knowledgeable jazz dance artists. The program runs Monday to Friday, September to May, with three to four hours of training each day. Participants study Jazz, Tap, Jazz Improvisation, West African, Swing, Latin, Core Strength, Jump Rhythm Jazz Style, DJD Repertoire, Jazz History and Jazz Music Appreciation. MEET ROBYN! 1. HOW LONG HAVE...
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ID 5899
Date December 2, 2020
Title PTP Interview Series: Program Director, Jamie Freeman-Cormack
Url https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/ptp-interview-series-program-director-jamie-freeman-cormack/
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Summary To start off our Professional Training Program Interview Series we asked Program Director Jamie Freeman-Cormack what the experience of running the program has been like this year amidst the pandemic and how it compares to the previous 10 years of her teaching. Check out what she had to say below: As you know, dance does wonders for the soul and this year especially. We are all so extremely grateful to...
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ID 5683
Date August 31, 2020
Title The 35//50 Initiative
Url https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/the-35-50-initiative/
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Summary On August 10, 2020, an amazing team of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) contributors put forth a call to action to the Calgary Arts community called The 35//50 Initiative. This initiative is a response to the Black Lives Matter movement and asks all Calgary arts organizations to move towards a more equitable performing arts ecology.  We applaud this group and support this initiative. This is our current response, stay...
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Date August 27, 2020
Title Congratulations to Vicki Adams Willis!
Url https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/congratulations-to-vicki-adams-willis/
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Summary We are filled with pride and congratulations that our Founder in Residence Vicki Adams Willis, is receiving the UCalgary Alumni Association’s highest honour–the Distinguished Alumni Award for Lifetime Achievement. This award recognizes a graduate who, over the course of their life, has made a notable contribution that’s improved their professional and personal success, and enriched the lives of others through their leadership, shared knowledge, creativity and innovation. Click here to read...
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