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| Title | Category: Performances |
| ID | 9394 |
| Date | April 26, 2022 |
| Title | Meet The Family: Guest Choreographer Brandi Coleman Interviewed by Kimberley Cooper |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/meet-the-family-guest-choreographer-brandi-coleman-interviewed-by-kimberley-cooper/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | BRANDI COLEMAN Brandi Coleman is assistant professor of jazz dance at Southern Methodist University and was a performing member, rehearsal director, and associate artistic director of Jump Rhythm® Jazz Project, founded and directed by Billy Siegenfeld. As a teaching artist, she has led more than 40 choreographic and teaching residencies at universities throughout the United States and internationally and she received an Emmy Award for her performance in the documentary,... |
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| ID | 9391 |
| Date | April 25, 2022 |
| Title | Meet The Family: Guest Choreographer Melanie George Interviewed by Kimberley Cooper |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/meet-the-family-guest-choreographer-melanie-george-interviewed-by-kimberley-cooper/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | MELANIE GEORGE Melanie George is the founding director of Jazz Is… Dance Project, and Associate Curator and Director of Artist Initiatives at Jacob’s Pillow. As a dramaturg, she has contributed to projects by Raja Feather Kelly, LaTasha Barnes, Susan Marshall & Company, and Urban Bush Women, among others. Melanie is featured in the documentary UpRooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance and founded the global advocacy website jazzdancedirect.com. Her choreography is... |
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| ID | 9359 |
| Date | April 14, 2022 |
| Title | Meet The Family: Guest Choreographer Lisa La Touche Interviewed by Kimberley Cooper |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/meet-the-family-guest-choreographer-lisa-la-touche-interviewed-by-kimberley-cooper/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | LISA LA TOUCHE From both Alberta and New York, Lisa’s credits include: Broadway’s Shuffle Along, recipient of the Fred Astaire Award and the Actor’s Equity Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus, touring with Savion Glover and the cast of STOMP. She is the Founder of Tap Phonics; tap dance based performance and production company. She is an educator/professor and co-curator of Dance Immersion’s Tap Dance Legacy Series with Travis Knights servicing... |
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| ID | 8977 |
| Date | January 17, 2022 |
| Title | A Message from the Artistic Director of AMPLIFIED |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/a-message-from-the-artistic-director-of-amplified/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | Boundless honour and nerves are what I felt when Kimberley Cooper invited me to artistic direct the 2022 dancer choreographed show. It still feels like a dream to be in such a dynamic role and with every welcomed obstacle that tags along with such a job, I can only feel a sense of gratitude and excitement for this incredible opportunity. I have no clue how she does it. AMPLIFIED was... |
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| ID | 8960 |
| Date | January 12, 2022 |
| Title | AMPLIFIED Program |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/amplified-program/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE AMPLIFIED PROGRAM |
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| ID | 6142 |
| Date | March 17, 2021 |
| Title | There is Something in the Details – Program |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/there-is-something-in-the-details-program/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | Choreography: Michèle Moss and the dancers – through a system of devising and being alive in the moment Music (not including fragments): Pink Dragon (Parov Stelar) Shake Your Body – Down to the Ground (Hot 8 Brass Band) Clap Your Hands (Parov Stelar) Boxes and Squares (Tank and the Bangas) La Pègre (Nicolas Repac) Afro Drum and Bass (Glyn Bush) Danced by: Scott Augustine Cassandra Bowerman Sabrina Comanescu Jason Owin F.... |
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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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| ID | 4990 |
| Date | January 27, 2020 |
| Title | Interview with Sarah Doucet – Costume Designer, Juliet & Romeo |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/interview-with-sarah-doucette-costume-designer-juliet-romeo/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | The costumes in Juliet & Romeo are a work of art in and of themselves. We had a lovely chat with costume designer Sarah Doucet, who designed the pieces for the 2017 run and flew in prior to the 2019/2020 tour to adjust and dress the current company members for the remount. Speaking to Sarah gives a whole new depth to the significance and creative process behind the costumes. According to... |
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| ID | 4967 |
| Date | January 21, 2020 |
| Title | Thoughts from an English Teacher on Juliet & Romeo |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/thoughts-from-an-english-teacher-on-juliet-romeo/ |
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| Author | kanderson |
| Summary | Juliet and Romeo: a beautifully haunting reimagining of the “star-cross’d lovers” for the 21st century By Curtis Petrie Decidedly Jazz Danceworks’ Juliet and Romeo is a 21st century meta take on William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Kimberley Cooper and Cory Bowles’ adaptation is sinuous proof of the eternal relevance of the Bard’s version. The trope of the star-crossed lovers lives within the human condition and thus our literature. From Odysseus and Penelope... |
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| ID | 4963 |
| Date | January 18, 2020 |
| Title | Interview with Nick Fraser – Juliet & Romeo Musical Director and Composer |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/people-of-djd-nick-fraser-juliet-romeo-musical-director-and-composer/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | 1. THE MUSIC FOR J&R IS VERY POWERFUL, WHERE DID YOU DRAW INSPIRATION FROM TO CREATE SUCH PASSIONATE PIECES OF MUSIC? Thanks! The MAIN inspiration was the amazing Kim Cooper, since she asked me to do the work! I often think of Igor Stravinsky’s idea that the notion of “inspiration” is backwards; people don’t get inspired TO DO work, they get inspired BY DOING work. These are some composers who I’m pretty... |
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