Clik here to view.
Artistic Director’s Message From the Road – Family of Jazz Tour #2
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jacob’s Pillow On Demand – Post-Show Talk: Decidedly Jazz Danceworks
This Post-Show Talk features Kimberly Cooper, Artistic Director and Choreographer of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, dancer Sabrina Comănescu, and Musical Director Rubim de Toledo, moderated by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Our Community – Ashley Brodeur
This month’s Our Community blog features the delightful Ashley Brodeur. Manager of Performing Arts at the National accessArts Centre (NaAC) and Creator and Director of Maven Movement, providing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Message from the Artistic Director – 2023/2024
39. As the world turns, and heats, with climate change and war and pestilence, art is more important than ever. We need to be inspired, we need escape, we need to be asked to think and see things in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Our Community – Serenella Sol
This month’s blog features the fantastic Serenella Sol! Serenella is a Calgary-based dancer, choreographer and the Artistic Director of Ballet Bodies YYC. She started dancing ballet at the age of three...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jazz Roots Club Season of Events – 2023/24
Season Launch Event Jazz Roots Club Exclusive Event November 22, 2023 | 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Join us for an exclusive event to celebrate the launch of our 2023/24 season! Meet DJD’s dancers, hear about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
History of DJD
DECIDEDLY JAZZ DANCEWORKS In 1984, Vicki Adams Willis who had founded the jazz dance department at the University of Calgary, and two of her graduating students, Michèle Moss and Hannah Stilwell,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Learn More About Olio with Kimberley Cooper
For the past few months, we have been 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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Olio – Artistic Director’s Message
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Olio – Musician Biographies
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Behind the Scenes with Olio – Interviews with Choreographers
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
New DJD show Olio features dancer-choreographed performance
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks’ new show takes the people up front – the dancers – and transforms them into the architects of the show. Olio, which opens Thursday night at the DJD Dance Centre as part of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Behind the Scenes with Olio – Interview with Costume Designer Hannah Fisher
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Malpaso Dance Company Ignites the Stage
The performing arts mean different things to different cultures. In Eastern Europe for decades, theatre was a medium that was feared by those in power, because of its ability to use metaphor to send a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Phenomenal musicians working in concert with extraordinary dance artists’
See Malpaso Dance Company with Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra on March 7 at Arts Commons On March 7, Cuba’s Malpaso Dance Company will bring the rhythms of the “dancing island” to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meet the Teachers Behind the 2024 Black History Month Classes
Every February, Canadians are invited to participate in Black History Month to honour the legacy of Black Canadians and their communities. This year, the theme is “Black Excellence: A Heritage to...
View Article
