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| Title | Category: Performances |
| 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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| ID | 11129 |
| Date | April 25, 2023 |
| Title | Discover Nervous Systems – An Interview with Composer & Musical Director Carsten Rubeling |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/discover-nervous-systems-an-interview-with-composer-musical-director-carsten-rubeling/ |
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| Author | Miranda Botto |
| Summary | 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 music from jazz and classical music to hip hop, salsa and almost everything in between. He has released two albums, VOLK//PEOPLE (2019) and Headwaters (2022) on Inner Ocean Records. Carsten has performed and recorded with Sean Jones, Ingrid Jensen, Seamus Blake, Brian Lynch, Brad Turner, David Braid, Nick Fraser,... |
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| ID | 10922 |
| Date | March 17, 2023 |
| Title | Nervous Systems – Musician Biographies |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/nervous-systems-musician-biographies/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | Carsten Rubeling – Musical Director – Trombone, Keyboards 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 music from jazz and classical music to hip hop, salsa and almost everything in between. He has released two albums, VOLK//PEOPLE (2019) and Headwaters (2022) on Inner Ocean Records. After many shows with DJD this is his first as Composer... |
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| ID | 10915 |
| Date | March 17, 2023 |
| Title | Nervous Systems – Artistic Director’s Message |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/nervous-systems-artistic-directors-message/ |
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| Author | Kimberley Cooper |
| Summary | But doesn’t it seem magical? That we can get hungry, and sleep, and get turned on? That we can run fast, play an instrument, dance? That we can look at someone and our pupils dilate, and our heart races, or feels like it’s actually breaking. That we can decide we like those shoes, or that song. That we can express our ideas, heck, that we can even have ideas. The... |
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| ID | 10635 |
| Date | January 24, 2023 |
| Title | Discover Old/New/Borrowed/Blue – An Interview with Founder in Residence and Choreographer Vicki Adams Willis |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/discover-old-new-borrowed-blue-an-interview-with-founder-in-residence-and-choreographer-vicki-adams-willis/ |
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| Author | Miranda Botto |
| Summary | DJD Founder in Residence Vicki Adams Willis carries on a family tradition that began when her mother, Alice Murdoch Adams, opened one of Calgary’s first dance schools in the 1920s. In addition to teaching and choreographing for countless local and international organizations, Vicki founded the Jazz Division in UCalgary’s Faculty of Fine Arts, Program of Dance in 1978 and co-founded Decidedly Jazz Danceworks in 1984 where she continued her role... |
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| ID | 10567 |
| Date | January 18, 2023 |
| Title | Discover Old/New/Borrowed/Blue – An Interview with Choreographer Marie France Forcier |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/discover-old-new-borrowed-blue-an-interview-with-choreographer-marie-france-forcier/ |
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| Author | Miranda Botto |
| Summary | Marie France Forcier, MFA, is a choreographer, performer, writer, and pedagogue of western contemporary dance forms. Through studio work, public performance, and community initiatives, she researches at the intersection of somatic practices, trauma studies and choreography. Her body of creative and performance work has been presented on platforms of various scales across four continents. An Associate Professor of Dance at the University of Calgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts... |
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