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| Title | Category: News |
| ID | 16506 |
| Date | October 29, 2025 |
| Title | Message from the Artistic Director – 2025/2026 |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/message-from-the-artistic-director-2025-2026/ |
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| Tag | 2025/2026 dance seasonArtistic DirectorArtistic Director messageCalgary dance companydance community Calgarydance leadershipDecidedly Jazz DanceworksDJD 2025/2026 seasonjazz dance CalgaryKimberley Cooper |
| Author | Decidedly Jazz |
| Summary | What lifts you? What makes your heart sing? What do you do when you feel lousy? Sad? Lonely? Music is what does it for me, it can change my mood instantly. And of course, for me, music then becomes dance. Some may ask, how can we dance when the world is as it is? How can we not? Dance is necessary, dance is medicine, dance is resistance. It’s about living... |
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| ID | 16021 |
| Date | August 7, 2025 |
| Title | Suspending Disbelief: Distanced Swing Hits the Festival Circuit |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/suspending-disbelief-distanced-swing-hits-the-festival-circuit/ |
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| Author | Maddy Faunt |
| Summary | Two Screenings. Two Cities. One Swingin’ Cinematic Ride. We’re thrilled to share that Suspending Disbelief: Distanced Swing, directed by Kimberley Cooper and Noel Bégin will be screened at two incredible dance film festivals this August! First, Suspending Disbelief: Distanced Swing will make its U.S. premiere at the San Souci Festival of Dance Film in Minneapolis. This curated program celebrates jazz and American social dance forms, from tap to hip hop and... |
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| ID | 14989 |
| Date | December 19, 2024 |
| Title | DJD 50/50 |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/djd-50-50/ |
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| Author | Decidedly Jazz |
| Summary | Celebrate Decidedly Jazz Danceworks 40th Anniversary by participating in our 50/50 raffle! Funds raised through this raffle will support DJD, allowing us to continuing creating original performances and enrich lives by engaging people in exploring and promoting the art of jazz dance. Ticket prices are: 1 for $10 5 for $20, 25 for $50 and 100 for $100 Tickets on sale now! BUY 50/50 TICKETS Raffle licence # AGLC-719944. Ticket... |
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| ID | 14244 |
| Date | September 18, 2024 |
| Title | Message from the Artistic Director – 2024/2025 |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/message-from-the-artistic-director-2024-2025/ |
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| Author | Decidedly Jazz |
| Summary | Lordy Lordy WE are 40! Since our humble beginnings in 1984 we have had quite a time. 4 decades, 3 homes, over 100 dancers, countless collaborators, over 70 original performances… We are thrilled to celebrate our 40th season with you! We are currently working hard on a new piece entitled Call and Response that will be presented January 16-26th. featuring the Falling Bullets Jazz Band from New Orleans. I heard... |
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| ID | 12350 |
| Date | October 24, 2023 |
| Title | Message from the Artistic Director – 2023/2024 |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/message-from-the-artistic-director-2023-2024/ |
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| Author | Kimberley Cooper |
| Summary | 39. As the world turns, and heats, with climate change and war and pestilence, art is more important than ever. We need to be inspired, we need escape, we need to be asked to think and see things in different ways, we need beauty. When we have nothing else, we have our bodies and our imagination. Please join us for our 39th season with your eyes, your ears, your minds.... |
| ID | 11560 |
| Date | June 19, 2023 |
| Title | Celebrating Kimberley Cooper’s 10th Anniversary as DJD’s Artistic Director |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/celebrating-kimberley-coopers-10th-anniversary-as-djds-artistic-director/ |
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| Author | Kathi Sundstrom |
| Summary | How is it possible that 10 years have passed since Kimberley Cooper took on the role of artistic director at DJD? How is it possible when it feels like the blink of an eye? Kim is the second only artistic director of DJD, following the footsteps of Vicki Adams Willis who held the position for almost 30 years. Vicki and DJD co-founders Michèle Moss and Hannah Stilwell planted the seed... |
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| ID | 10981 |
| Date | March 27, 2023 |
| Title | Happy 39th Birthday DJD! |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/happy-39th-birthday-djd/ |
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| Author | Kimberley Cooper |
| Summary | Happy Birthday DJD – wow – 39! For this birthday, the DJD family would like to celebrate our Founding Artistic Director and current Founder in Residence, Vicki Adams Willis. We’ve always known what an incredible artist, leader, mentor, teacher, visionary and human Vicki is, but recently some other folks have been noticing too… Last summer Vicki received the Lieutenant Governor Distinguished Artist Award, she also (along with co-founders Hannah Stilwell... |
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| ID | 10811 |
| Date | March 1, 2023 |
| Title | Dance School Principal Announcement |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/dance-school-principal-announcement/ |
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| Author | Miranda Botto |
| Summary | Today we are sharing some staffing news with our community. Our beloved Dance School Principal, Joanne Baker, is stepping down from her role. Joanne has been in her Principal role for 22 years and before that she was a company dancer and a teacher at DJD. We have created many memories and many laughs with Jo and none of us could ask for a more kind, thoughtful and passionate colleague.... |
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| ID | 10790 |
| Date | February 24, 2023 |
| Title | DJD Invited to Perform at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival with Family of Jazz |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/djd-invited-to-perform-at-the-jacobs-pillow-dance-festival-with-family-of-jazz/ |
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| Author | Miranda Botto |
| Summary | Exciting news! We are thrilled to announce that DJD has been invited to join an array of US and international dance companies to perform at the renowned Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival this summer. Located in Becket, Massachusetts, USA, Jacob’s Pillow is America’s longest-running international dance festival and is known around the world as a “hub and mecca of dancing” (TIME Magazine), and “the dance center of the nation” (The New... |
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| ID | 9957 |
| Date | September 26, 2022 |
| Title | Watch Our Founders Get Inducted into Canada’s Dance Hall of Fame |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/watch-our-founders-get-inducted-into-canadas-dance-hall-of-fame/ |
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| Author | Miranda Botto |
| Summary | DJD’s founders Vicki Adams Willis, Michèle Moss and Hannah Stilwell will be inducted into Canada’s Dance Hall of Fame this Sunday, October 2 in Toronto. The ceremony, presented by Dance Collection Danse, honours notable contributors to dance from across the country. The Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame will be live streamed this year, beginning at 2:00 PM Mountain Time here in Calgary (4:00 PM Eastern Time), with the... |
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