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| Title | Category: Performances |
| 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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| ID | 4933 |
| Date | January 16, 2020 |
| Title | Interview with Natasha Korney – Juliet & Romeo Narrator, Company Dancer |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/people-of-djd-interview-with-natasha-korney-juliet-romeo-narrator-company-dancer/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | We had the pleasure of sitting down with Natasha Korney, narrator and dancer is Juliet and Romeo during a short break between rehearsals to discuss her experience in this dynamic role. Check out our back and forth below: Question: How does adding the role of narrator change your experience as an artist? Natasha explained that as DJD artist this is a whole new adventure. Everything is different in her preparation... |
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| ID | 4928 |
| Date | January 16, 2020 |
| Title | A Message from the Artistic Director, Kimberley Cooper (Juliet & Romeo) |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/a-message-from-the-artistic-director-kimberley-cooper-juliet-romeo/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | A MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, KIMBERLEY COOPER In Verona, The Capulets and the Montagues are feuding families. By chance, Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague fall in love at first sight. The relationship is doomed. Juliet is already promised to another man by her father, and due to unfortunate circumstances, Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin and is banished from Verona. Juliet cooks up a scheme with the Friar, who has secretly... |
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| ID | 4643 |
| Date | November 19, 2019 |
| Title | Artistic Director’s Message From the Road |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/artistic-directors-message-from-the-road/ |
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| Author | kanderson |
| Summary | MESSAGE FROM THE ROAD Wednesday, November 13 Here we are in St. Catharines Ontario. I’m sitting in my hotel room waiting for my laundry to finish. It’s easy to lose track of days as time is all slippery on the road. It snowed A LOT here on Monday, which meant cancelling some of our workshops yesterday as busses were cancelled for schools because the roads were so bad in the... |
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| ID | 4042 |
| Date | May 9, 2019 |
| Title | Interview with Rubim de Toledo – Double Bill |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/people-of-djd-rubim-detoledo-double-bill-edition/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | PEOPLE OF DJD// There are many people that make up the community at the DJD Dance Centre. From artists, administrators, volunteers and beyond, these walls are pulsing with personality. RUBIM DE TOLDEO Musical Director, Bass and Banjo 1.HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING WITH DJD? My first experience with DJD was playing bass in the Cuban-inspired show, Bulla, back in 2005. Since then I have worked extensively as one of... |
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| ID | 4012 |
| Date | April 26, 2019 |
| Title | Interview with Sarah Doucet – Double Bill |
| Url | https://www.decidedlyjazz.com/blog/people-of-djd-sarah-doucet-double-bill-edition/ |
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| Author | Heather Close |
| Summary | PEOPLE OF DJD// There are many people that make up the community at the DJD Dance Centre. From artists, administrators, volunteers and beyond, these walls are pulsing with personality. SARAH DOUCET DJD Costume Designer 1.HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING WITH DJD? This is my second show with DJD, the first being Juliet & Romeo. 2. HOW HAS YOUR DANCE CAREER AFFECTED HOW YOU DESIGN COSTUMES? I’m not sure I... |
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