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| Title | Category: Performances |
| 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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| ID | 12936 |
| Date | November 30, 2023 |
| Title | Learn More About Olio with Kimberley Cooper |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/learn-more-about-olio-with-kimberley-cooper/ |
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| Author | Kimberley Cooper |
| Summary | For the past few months, we have working on a new show called Olio. Olio has more than one meaning. It can be a stew or a collection of things, it means oil in Italian, oleo was a kind of margarine and the name of a tune by Sonny Rollins. In vaudeville, olio referred to a short number performed in front of an oilcloth curtain while the set was being... |
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| ID | 11831 |
| Date | August 13, 2023 |
| Title | Artistic Director’s Message From the Road – Family of Jazz Tour #2 |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/artistic-directors-message-from-the-road-family-of-jazz-tour-2/ |
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| Author | Kimberley Cooper |
| Summary | It wasn’t supposed to go by this fast… It’s our last day of tour, two and a half hours until our last show at the magical, legendary Jacob’s Pillow. We have been here since August 7; we have done 4 shows and a dress rehearsal since August 9. We opened on the iconic Henry J. Leir stage on the 9th, had to move inside to the Perles Studio on the... |
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| ID | 11769 |
| Date | August 3, 2023 |
| Title | Artistic Director’s Message From the Road – Family of Jazz Tour |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/artistic-directors-message-from-the-road-family-of-jazz-tour/ |
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| Author | Kimberley Cooper |
| Summary | It’s already Thursday, August 3! What a wild week it has been so far. It was only last Wednesday (July 26) the band joined us for two days of rehearsal before we hit the road on Saturday (July 29) for our 2023 Family of Jazz summer tour. We flew to Montréal and bussed straight away to Saint-Sauveur – about an hour away. A sweet little Québec town deeply engaged in... |
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| ID | 11691 |
| Date | July 25, 2023 |
| Title | Family of Jazz Summer Tour – Learn About Our Tour Stops |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/family-of-jazz-summer-tour-learn-about-our-tour-stops/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | As we prepare to embark on the Family of Jazz 2023 summer tour, we wanted to highlight the amazing festivals and organizations that will be welcoming us into their spaces. Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur Saint-Sauveur, Québec July 30, 2023 Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur (FASS) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the discovery and presentation of the best choreographers, dancers and musicians. Through its eclectic, inclusive, accessible and original... |
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| ID | 11223 |
| Date | May 3, 2023 |
| Title | Discover Nervous Systems – An Interview with Production Manager Sarah Minor |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/discover-nervous-systems-an-interview-with-production-manager-sarah-minor/ |
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| Author | Miranda Botto |
| Summary | Sarah Minor is the Production Manager for DJD and is coming up on her one year anniversary in this role! Prior to being at DJD she could be found in the role of Company Manager at Calgary Opera. Sarah was brought to the performing arts through Stage Management, she worked as a Stage Manager for many years on projects with Lunchbox Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, Theatre Calgary, Stage West Dinner... |
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