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| Title | Category: Performances |
| ID | 13820 |
| Date | April 25, 2024 |
| Title | Decidedly Jazz Danceworks discovers its inner party animal with new production |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/decidedly-jazz-danceworks-discovers-its-inner-party-animal-with-new-production/ |
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| Author | Eric Volmers - Calgary Herald |
| Summary | The image of a drunken party-dweller with a lampshade drunkenly perched on their head at a party may seem a bit old-fashioned. Nevertheless, it was one of the ideas — perhaps indirectly — that first inspired Decidedly Jazz Danceworks Kimberly Cooper when it came to choreographing the company’s newest production, Party Time. The piece, set to live music composed by Carsten Rubeling, has a simple premise on the surface: A... |
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| ID | 13816 |
| Date | April 19, 2024 |
| Title | Party Time, new show by Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, aims to be ‘a spectacular spectacle’ |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/party-time-new-show-by-decidedly-jazz-danceworks-aims-to-be-a-spectacular-spectacle/ |
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| Author | Stephen Hunt - CTV News Calgary |
| Summary | Decidedly Jazz Danceworks wants Calgary to celebrate spring with Party Time. That’s not only a state of mind, it’s also the title of the dance company’s new show, which opens Thursday night. The company’s press release describes the show as “a spectacular spectacle about the life of a party with smokin’ hot dance and live music.” It all unfolds over the course of a single evening at a house party,... |
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| ID | 13744 |
| Date | April 18, 2024 |
| Title | CKUA – The Upload with Kate Stevens – Musical Director Carsten Rubeling Discusses Party Time |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/ckua-the-upload-with-kate-stevens-musical-director-carsten-rubeling-discusses-party-time/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
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| ID | 13695 |
| Date | April 12, 2024 |
| Title | Party Time – Musician Biographies |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/party-time-musician-biographies/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | Carsten Rubeling – Musical Director, Keys, Trombone Carsten Rubeling is one of Canada’s most active and dynamic trombonists and composers. Originally from Rocky Mountain House Alberta, Carsten performs a wide array of styles from jazz and classical music to salsa, hip-hop and nearly everything in between. His recorded works as a leader include VOLK//PEOPLE (2019) and Headwaters (2022), both on Inner Ocean Records. After last year’s Nervous Systems, this is Carsten’s second... |
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| ID | 13691 |
| Date | April 12, 2024 |
| Title | Party Time – Artistic Director’s Message |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/party-time-artistic-directors-message/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | Welcome. Joy and wonder are crucial to our existence. As I and many other people have said, it is the role of the artist to make us think, to lift us up and give us a chance to escape, to say things words can’t. William Parker, a brilliant and prolific jazz artist with whom we have collaborated with a couple of times, once said to me — artists are like... |
| ID | 13661 |
| Date | April 10, 2024 |
| Title | Behind the Scenes with Party Time – Interview with Costume Designer Hannah Fisher |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-with-party-time-interview-with-costume-designer-hannah-fisher/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | Party Time Costume Designer Hannah Fisher is a Prairie designer, visual storyteller and creator whose work spans performance mediums like dance, circus, drag and theatre. Heavily influenced by nature, memoir writing, the idea of smallness, “street” and the residual grit of body and memory, her work explores the sensibilities between colour, texture and form. Hannah’s artistic voice grew from a background of visual art at Emily Carr University of Art... |
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| ID | 13191 |
| Date | January 23, 2024 |
| Title | Behind the Scenes with Olio – Interview with Costume Designer Hannah Fisher |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-with-olio-interview-with-costume-designer-hannah-fisher/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | Olio Costume Designer Hannah Fisher is a Prairie designer, visual storyteller and creator whose work spans performance mediums like dance, circus, drag and theatre. Heavily influenced by nature, memoir writing, the idea of smallness, “street” and the residual grit of body and memory, her work explores the sensibilities between colour, texture and form. Hannah’s artistic voice grew from a background of visual art at Emily Carr University of Art and... |
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| ID | 13037 |
| Date | January 15, 2024 |
| Title | Behind the Scenes with Olio – Interviews with Choreographers |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-with-olio-interviews-with-choreographers/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | We sat down with Olio choreographers Kaja Irwin, Sabrina Naz Comănescu, Catherine Hayward and Deanne Walsh to learn more about each of their pieces and what audiences can expect from this collection of dances and music for you to dig. Kaja Irwin Company Dancer and Show Choreographer Kaja is a Winnipeg-born dancer, choreographer, and dance educator. Deciding to pursue a career in dance after completing her B.A. in Political Science,... |
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| ID | 13098 |
| Date | January 9, 2024 |
| Title | Olio – Musician Biographies |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/olio-musician-biographies/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | Jonathan McCaslin – Musical Director, Composer, Drums Recognized as one of Western Canada’s leading jazz drummers and educators, Jon brings excitement, his passion for the jazz tradition and its future to the stage and to the classroom. Raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, and a graduate of McGill University he has also attended the Banff Centre as a resident artist. In 2012 he released his sophomore album Sunalta on the Cellar Live... |
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| ID | 13089 |
| Date | January 9, 2024 |
| Title | Olio – Artistic Director’s Message |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/olio-artistic-directors-message/ |
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| Author | Kimberley Cooper |
| Summary | Welcome! DJD is an interesting mix of firsts and traditions. As jazz artists, we celebrate the history and traditions of the form, and we are constantly innovating, which is also a jazz tradition. We are creation based, which means a lot of firsts, Olio is no exception. First, a little history: In 1993 Vicki Adams Willis, DJD’s founding Artistic Director and now Founder in Residence, began the tradition of the... |
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