Carmen was born in Santiago, Chile. She has been attending Banff Centre’s Playwrights Lab since 2002, and has developed five plays over multiple residencies.
Discover her story.
Crystal Pite first attended Banff Centre as an inspiring dancer when she was just 16. Over the course of three decades, Crystal has been to Banff more than 14 times. Find out how Banff Centre helps her reach new heights of creativity.
iskwē was born and raised in Treaty 1 Territory. In 2016 she launched her breakthrough album The Fight Within—and was nominated for a Juno Award.
During trips to Antarctica, Mongolia and Borneo, Kate started writing as a way to express both the awe and confusion of being in a totally foreign place.
For a Quebecer who grew up near the nation's capital, Jean never imagined he'd find himself as the Artistic Director of a dance company in Western Canada.
As director of the Banff International String Quartet Competition, Barry is proud to share his passion for the art form with emerging artists and audiences from across the world.
Mrs. Belzberg has a fierce pride in Alberta, and the ongoing role that Canada’s West plays in shaping and supporting artists from across Canada and the world. In November 2019, construction will commence on the new Jenny Belzberg Theatre which is set to open in September 2020.
As the artistic director of Vancouver's Neworld Theatre, Marcus Youssef is used to taking risks. And by pushing the boundaries of what can happen on stage, he moves the whole medium forward.
Discover his story.
Joel Ivany is an arts innovator and the multi-award-winning artistic director of opera at Banff Centre. He first took part in an opera residency at Banff and now leads it each summer, challenging us to experience opera in new ways. Explore how he’s pushing the boundaries of opera.
Brian Jungen arrived at Banff Centre with nothing but a sketchbook and an idea. Having never worked with sculpture before, he took advantage of Banff Centre’s varied resources to create “Prototypes for New Understanding” – an iconic series of masks made out of Air Jordans that helped launch Brian’s career internationally as an artist.
Séan McCann played guitar in the iconic Canadian band, Great Big Sea for 20 years. but it wasn't until he did an artist's residency at Banff Centre that he was able to find his voice as a solo artist.
Reneltta Arluk has been a storyteller her whole life. Finding theatre at 19 broadened the way she tells those stories. Now she's helping other Indigenous artists tell their stories.
