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| Title | Category: News |
| ID | 9731 |
| Date | August 30, 2022 |
| Title | Message from the Artistic Director – 2022/2023 |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/message-from-the-artistic-director-2022-2023/ |
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| Author | Kimberley Cooper |
| Summary | Welcome back. What a difference a year makes, what a difference a moment can make… I don’t believe we are on the other side yet, maybe we are on another side, here we are, opening our arms and hearts with hope of live experiences, of health, of great times! We have an ambitious season planned, let’s dream big and see… We begin where we left off, sort of… It’s been... |
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| ID | 9387 |
| Date | April 22, 2022 |
| Title | Covid Protocols for Family of Jazz Performances |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/covid-protocols-for-performances/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | As per provincial guidelines, DJD does not require patrons to show their proof of vaccination to attend a performance. Masks are optional but we encourage and support audience members who choose to wear masks. Frontline staff will be masked during performances and we ask that if you are experiencing any COVID symptoms to contact our box office to exchange your tickets for another performance. Procedures in place at the DJD Dance... |
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| ID | 8292 |
| Date | October 25, 2021 |
| Title | Message from the Artistic Director – 2021/2022 |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/artistic-directors-message-2021-22/ |
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| Author | Kimberley Cooper |
| Summary | Welcome I saw my first jazz music concert since March 2020 last weekend. It was a small, distanced crowd, we all wore masks including the band. I was surprised by how moving it was, how I was either smiling until my face hurt or choking up throughout the performance. What it felt like in the space, I was sitting near the drummer and could really feel the percussion. Watching the... |
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| ID | 5515 |
| Date | September 23, 2021 |
| Title | DJD Dance Centre Relaunch Protocols & Policies |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/protocolsandpolicies/ |
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| Author | kanderson |
| Summary | Created: June 22, 2020 Updated: April 30, 2022 MASK UPDATE Masks are no longer required beginning March 1. If you are more comfortable wearing a mask we encourage and support your choice to do so. ADULT STUDENT EXPECTATIONS Students are expected to familiarize themselves with all published protocols and policies prior to entering the facility. These protocols will be emailed to you upon reserving your space in class. All students... |
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| ID | 8445 |
| Date | June 15, 2021 |
| Title | Celebrating Founder-in-Residence Vicki Adams Willis |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/celebrating-founder-in-residence-vicki-adams-willis/ |
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| Author | kanderson |
| Summary | On June 15, 2021, the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Foundation announced the recipients list for the 2021 Distinguished Artist Awards, which comprises a trio of powerful women including our very own Vicki Adams Willis alongside artist Faye HeavyShield (Blood Reserve, Kainaiwa Nation, AB), and writer and filmmaker Cheryl Foggo (Calgary, AB). We offer our sincere congratulations to all of the recipients. In the announcement , Her Honour, the Honourable Salma Lakhani, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta refers to... |
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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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| Author | Heather Close |
| 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 | 5683 |
| Date | August 31, 2020 |
| Title | The 35//50 Initiative |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/the-35-50-initiative/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| 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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| ID | 5672 |
| 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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| Author | Heather Close |
| 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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| ID | 5435 |
| Date | April 29, 2020 |
| Title | International Dance Day Message 2020 |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/international-dance-day-message-2020/ |
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| Author | kanderson |
| Summary | My Fellow Dancers, don’t forget what we have in us how it feels to get down and to soar to laugh and cry with our bodies and how we can physically speak in ways even poetry can’t don’t forget touch and what it feels like to sync with other bodies harmonize breath to take up space to embody music the deliciousness of becoming those beats, that riff, that groove how... |
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| ID | 5420 |
| Date | April 23, 2020 |
| Title | It should be Opening Night… (Beautiful Noise) |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/it-should-be-opening-night-beautiful-noise/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | It should be opening night. Adrenaline and excitement filled, chilled champagne, a great opening night outfit. Anticipation of a theatre filled with your beautiful faces waiting to see the premiere of the endless hours of work we have put our hearts, minds and bodies into… I’ve felt a lot of things in the past few weeks, we all have. Tonight, instead of feeling blue about not presenting Beautiful Noise (and,... |
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