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SUMMARY:Leading Ladies play Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite + The Nutcracker at Wethersfield\, at VIFF Centre
DESCRIPTION:If you’ve never experienced the jazz version of The Nutcracker Suite before\, you’re in for a treat! \nGet Tickets\nLegendary composer/arrangers Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington brilliantly reimagined the classic Tchaikovsky ballet for a full-sized jazz orchestra. Taking cues from the vintage stylings of the 1940s\, 50s\, and 60s\, the Leading Ladies blend beloved jazz and blues classics with fresh\, original arrangements and a high-energy\, swingin’ performance style. Directed by trombonist Casey Thomas-Burns\, this dynamic and vibrant group of women first came together to perform a single show in 2019. They’ve stuck together ever since. \nAbout the film: The Nutcracker at Wethersfield (Annie Sundberg\, 2025\, 83 min) \nBack in the long\, dark Covid winter of 2020\, there was no way the New York City Ballet could mount its beloved traditional Christmas production of Tchaikovsky’s magical fairytale. But choreographer Troy Schumacher had a dream to save the show and get his fellow dancers back to work. Relocating two hours’ drive north of Time Square\, Troy set about staging The Nutcracker in and around the magnificent Wethersfield country estate in the Hudson Valley. With only a couple of weeks to rehearse\, 50 dancers and production crew come together to reimagine a classic without a stage\, wings\, or even seats for the socially-distanced audience. \nAward-winning filmmaker Annie Sundberg (The Devil Comes on Horseback) was on hand to celebrate their trials and triumphs.
URL:https://theinfidelsjazz.ca/event/leading-ladies-play-duke-ellingtons-nutcracker-suite-the-nutcracker-at-wethersfield-at-viff-centre/
LOCATION:VIFF Centre\, 1181 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3M7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film
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SUMMARY:(SOLD OUT) Dean Thiessen Plays Vince Guaraldi + A Boy Named Charlie Brown at VIFF Centre
DESCRIPTION:The great Vince Guaraldi is best known for his iconic compositions and performance from Charles M Schultz’s beloved Charlie Brown Christmas Special (1965). He continued to write exciting and clever music for 16 more ’Peanuts’ TV specials over the next 12 years of his career\, as well as the score for Chuck’s first feature length movie: A Boy Named Charlie Brown. The Dean Thiessen 5-tet is paying homage to the Christmas-spirit origins of his career as well as the most catchy ear-worms in the years that followed. After the set\, there will be a brief intermission\, then enjoy the movie. \nSOLD OUT \nDean Thiessen – piano\nBonnie Northgraves – trumpet\nJohn Nicholson – flute\nBella Fedrigo – bass\nTyler Murray – drums \nAbout the film: A Boy Named Charlie Brown (Bill Melendez\, 1969\, 85 min)\nCharlie Brown enters — and wins! — the school spelling bee contest and is sent to compete in the nationals… The first Peanuts movie makes the most of the opportunities afforded by the big screen format: it’s a much more sophisticated piece of visual storytelling than the TV specials. Vince Guaraldi contributed the instrumental score (much of it drawn from the TV pieces)\, while John Scott Trotter and Rod McKuen also contributed songs. All three composers were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song\, though they lost to the Beatles’ Let It Be.
URL:https://theinfidelsjazz.ca/event/dean-thiessen-plays-vince-guaraldi-a-boy-named-charlie-brown-at-viff-centre/
LOCATION:VIFF Centre\, 1181 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3M7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film
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SUMMARY:True North: Andy Milne in Concert + Film Premiere
DESCRIPTION:Or: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Black Experience in Canada\, But Were Too Afraid to Ask. \nGet Tickets\nMichèle Stephenson’s brilliant essay film is an electrifying history of Black Canada\, a story of displacement and discrimination\, prejudice and Black pride\, from Freedom Road to Africville and the civil rights movement of the 1960s\, fused from a mind-bogglingly rich cache of archival material\, first person accounts\, and a remarkable score by celebrated jazz pianist Andy Milne. Showtimes are 5pm and 8:15pm. \nIn this double-header of a West Coast premiere\, Andy Milne will perform a 45-minute set followed by a 15-minute Q&A (5pm show); and then a longer set sans Q&A (8:15pm show)\, along with a screening of the film at both shows \nThe story of Blacks in Canada is complicated. It is a story of displacement and discrimination\, of the Freedom Road\, and of shanty towns like Africville\, in Halifax. In the second half\, Stephenson hones in on the overspill from the civil rights movement of the 1960s\, and a critical protest at the George Williams Medical School in Montreal. Activists like Rosie Douglas led the charge for change. \nAndy Milne is a 2x JUNO Award-winning pianist & composer known for his Dapp Theory & Unison projects\, and for his work with artists such as Ravi Coltrane\, Steve Coleman\, William Shatner & Bruce Cockburn. His most recent recording\, “Time Will Tell”\, was nominated in 2025 for the JUNO “Best Jazz: Group”. \nThis VIFF Live event is co-presented with Infidels Jazz and part of our Celebrating Black Futures series with the Vancouver Art Gallery\, curated by Kika Memeh. With thanks to Tom Lee Music and Yamaha.
URL:https://theinfidelsjazz.ca/event/true-north-andy-milne-in-concert-film-premiere/
LOCATION:VIFF Centre\, 1181 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3M7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film
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