DJD ON TOUR

In addition to presenting a season at home annually, DJD tours nationally and internationally. 

DJD IN YOUR CITY

Throughout our history, DJD has toured extensively throughout Canada, including International Jazz Festivals in Montreal, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg as well as the Havana International Jazz Festival in Cuba.  DJD has also toured to Japan, the Turks and Caicos Islands and Chicago. DJD’s most recent tour was in Canada and the United States in 2023 with Family of Jazz, where we made our debut at Jacob’s Pillow.

DJD is represented by agent Sarah Rogers.

BETTER GET HIT IN YOUR SOUL

In 2013 DJD premiered a highly acclaimed piece about the wild short life of Charles Mingus—a virtuoso bass player, accomplished pianist, bandleader, and composer. Known as the ‘Angry Man of Jazz’ Mingus was a brilliant, mercurial, and bodacious character. Back by popular demand, Better Get Hit in Your Soul gives audiences an ear and eye into the music of one of the most important figures in 20th-century American music. Join us as we explore his music and some of the lighter and darker sides of his dramatic life.

  • Featuring live and recorded music by Charles Mingus
  • Created and choreographed by Kimberley Cooper
  • Danced by the DJD Company
  • Live music direction by Rubim de Toledo
  • Set designed by Scott Reid
  • Costumes designed by Ronda Borneman
  • Lighting Designed by Brain MacNeil

Acclaim for Better Get Hit in Your Soul

JULIET & ROMEO

Two households… This is dance, this is theatre, this is a jazz concert. This is Shakespeare’s tale of love and violence re-imagined, re-visited, re-loved hyper-realized, sampled, questioned recognizable but twisted, current and classic, gritty and glorious. Passion, pheromones, pick-up lines, I want you I need you I love you These violent delights have violent ends.

  • DJD’s take on Shakespeare’s classic tale
  • Artistic direction and choreography by Kimberley Cooper
  • Adapted by Cory Bowles
  • Featuring the DJD Company of dancers
  • Live, original music by the Nick Fraser Ensemble

Acclaim for Juliet & Romeo

TOUR HISTORY

2023 Tour

FAMILY OF JAZZ

  • The Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur, Saint-Sauveur, QC
  • The National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON
  • Jacob’s Pillow, Becket, MA, USA

2022 Tour

FAMILY OF JAZZ

  • Fall for Dance North, Toronto, ON

2019 Tour

JULIET & ROMEO

  • The Esplanade, Medicine Hat, AB
  • Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre, Camrose, AB
  • Playhouse Theatre, Fredericton, NB
  • Imperial Theatre, Saint John, NB
  • Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, PEI
  • Spatz Theatre, Halifax, NS
  • FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON
  • The Grand Theatre, Kingston, ON

2016 Tour

GREAT JAZZ HISTORY MYSTERY

  • Northern College Auditorium, Kirkland Lake, ON
  • Geraldton High School, Geraldton, ON
  • The Centre, Dryden, ON
  • Red Lake Madsen Public School, Red Lake, ON
  • Evergreen School, Kenora, ON
  • Townsend Theatre, Fort Frances, ON
  • Atikokan, ON
  • Sault Saint Marie, ON

2013 Tour

GREAT JAZZ HISTORY MYSTERY

  • Morinville, AB
  • Victoria School of the Arts, Victoria, BC

2009 Tour

WOWANDFLUTTER

  • Dunn Theatre, Halifax, NB
  • Rose Theatre, Brampton, ON
  • Brock Centre for the Arts, St. Catherines, ON
  • Port Theatre, Nanaimo, BC
  • MacPherson Playhouse, Victoria, BC
  • Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, YT
  • Vernon & District PAC, Vernon, BC
  • The Arden, St. Albert, AB

2007 Tour

MAGNETIC CONSEQUENCES

  • Eric Harvie Theatre, Banff ,AB
  • Arden Theatre, St. Albert, AB
  • Massey Theatre, New Westminster, BC
  • Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre, Vernon, BC
  • Royal Theatre, Victoria BC
  • Centre for the Arts at Brock University, St. Catharines, ON
  • Markham Theatre, Markham, ON
  • Oakville Centre, Oakville, ON
  • Rose Theatre, Brampton, ON
  • Théâtre Hector-Charland, L’assomption, PQ
  • Diffusions de la Coulisse, Beloeil, PQ
  • Confederation Centre, Charlottetown, PI
  • Imperial Theatre, St. John, NB
  • Fredericton Playhouse, Fredericton, NB
  • The Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax, NS

2006 Tour

PULSE

  • ACT Theatre, Maple Ridge Arts Centre, Maple Ridge, BC
  • The Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver, BC
  • The Port Theatre, Nanaimo, BC
  • The Arden Theatre, St. Albert, AB
  • E.A. Rawlinson Centre, Prince Albert, AB
  • The Eric Harvie Theatre, Banff Centre, Banff, AB

2005 Tour

¡BULLA! A LOUD CUBAN JAZZ EXPERIMENT

  • The Arden Theatre, St. Albert, AB
  • The Eric Harvey Theatre, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
  • The Royal Theatre, The Victoria Dance Series, Victoria, BC
  • The Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre, Vernon, BC
  • University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
  • The Oakville Centre, Oakville, ON
  • Brock Centre for the Arts, St. Catharines, ON
  • Centre Culturel de Beloeil, Beloeil, QC
  • The Playhouse, Fredericton, NB
  • The Imperial Theatre, St. John, NB
  • The Charlottetown Festival, Charlottetown, PEI
  • Markham Theatre of the Performing Arts, Markham, ON
  • Centre Pointe Theatre, Ottawa, ON

PRESS

Regardless of the feel or theme of a particular show, at the heart of DJD’s dance is an authentic respect for and connection to jazz music, especially live music which has led many to describe our dance as “music for the eyes.”

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