Dance programs at Banff Centre provide a rare space for today’s curious professional dance artist. Dance programs encourage research, sharing, and questions around topics such as the creation process, training, somatic practices, and the future of contemporary dance.
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The staff and faculty encouraged us and made it possible to ask and answer the questions, try the experiments, and push the boundaries in order to better understand ourselves, our methodology, and the work.
Erin O'Loughlin, Final Tuning 2023
Amiel Gladstone est un auteur et un metteur en scène qui vit sur la Côte Ouest. Au nombre des opéras qu’il a mis en scène figurent Rattenbury et la Tosca à Pacific Opera Victoria, Dark Sisters et Lucia di Lammermoor à l’Opéra de Vancouver, ainsi que plusieurs opéras jeunesse pour le programme Vancouver Opera In Schools. En tant que metteur en scène, il a dirigé des productions adaptées à des sites non conventionnels, tout comme des productions traditionnelles présentées dans des salles de théâtre, pour des compagnies dont Alberta Theatre Projects, l’Arts Club de Vancouver, Belfry Theatre, Caravan Farm Theatre, Factory Theatre, le Firehall, le Guild Hall Theatre (Whitehorse, Yukon), Musical Stage Co, Theatre Replacement, Theatre Conspiracy, Theatre SKAM, la Vancouver Playhouse, et le Festival PuSh. En tant qu’auteur, il a vu ses pièces produites par Alberta Theatre Projects, Belfry Theatre, Touchstone Theatre, Caravan Farm Theatre, le Centre national des arts, Solo Collective, Western Edge Theatre, Theatre SKAM. Ses pièces ont également été présentées sur la scène internationale aux États-Unis, en France et en Roumanie.
Ally Schuurman (she/they) is a performance art advocate, artist, and administrator originally from unceeded Coast Salish Territory. Prior to joining Banff Centre, her work in arts education spanned 15 years, multiple disciplines, and culminated in leading the successful expansion of the student services department at Arts Umbrella.
When they’re not facilitating learning environments for artists, they’re directing, curating, and taking in works of new Canadian theatre. She has been the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Vancouver Fringe Festival Society since 2022.
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Email: arts_info@banffcentre.ca
Phone: 403.762.610