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Decidedly Jazz Danceworks (DJD) is a Canadian jazz dance company and dance school based in Calgary, Alberta.[1] The company was founded in 1984[2] and offers regular performances and classes in the Decidedly Jazz Danceworks Centre, located in Calgary’s Kahanoff Centre, a 26 million-dollar facility developed specifically for the company and school.[3] The company has performed in various locations in Canada, as well as the U.S. and internationally.[4] Performance credits include the Toronto Fall for Dance North festival,[5] and Jacob's Pillow in Becket, Massachusetts in the U.S.[6] In 2022, the three founders of DJD, Vicki Adams Willis, Michele Moss, and Hannah Stilwell, were inducted into the Canadian Dance Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada. This award honored their work in establishing the company and their creative contributions to the company since then.[7] In addition, founder and former director Vicki Adams Willis has won both the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award (2021) as well as the University of Calgary's Distinguished Alumni Award for Lifetime Achievement (2020). Current director Kimberly Cooper has also been honored with Dance Victoria's Crystal Dance Prize in 2014 for her dance research in Brazil, as well as the 2002 Emerging Artist of the Year Award from Alberta Dance Alliance.[8] [9][10]
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- ^ Brett, Cindy. "Kimberly Cooper New Artistic Director of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks". The Dance Current. The Dance Current. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ Offin, Sarah. "Decidedly Jazz Danceworks unveils new $26M centre in downtown Calgary". Global News. Global News. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ George, Melanie. "Jazz Dance Direct Archive: Decidedly Jazz Danceworks". Jazz Dance Direct. Melanie George. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
DJD has toured extensively across Canada, to Cuba, Chicago, Japan, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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- ^ "Decidedly Jazz Danceworks". Jacob's Pillow. Jacob's Pillow. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ "Dance Hall of Fame 2022". Dance Collection Danse. Dance Collection Danse. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ Shummoogum, Jenna. "Vicki Adams Willis's Legacy in Jazz Dance". The Dance Current. The Dance Current. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ Cummings, Deb. "Distinguished Alumni Award for Lifetime Achievement". University of Calgary. University of Calgary. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ "Kimberly Cooper". Fall for Dance North. Toronto Union. Retrieved 2024-10-16.