Performing Arts

Opera in the21sst Century performance 2022

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Announces Collaboration with the National Arts Centre in Ottawa for Opera in the 21st Century Program

Banff Centre, in collaboration with the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, is excited to announce the 2023 Opera in the 21st Century multi-disciplinary program

Building a Dance, Movement by Movement: How Peggy Baker Choreographs

Peggy Baker is a legend in the dance community. We caught up with her last winter during her company’s production residency for "who we are in the dark" when th

The Bluebird Mechanicals by Too Close to the Sun

Bridging the Gap: Are Online Relationships the Future of Theatre Production?

Making an original theatre piece from scratch is hard enough, but to design a set and add creative elements when your designers are spread out around the world

A Little Too Cozy

What is the Future of Opera in Canada?

Artistic Director of Against the Grain Theatre, Joel Ivany shares the good news about what opera is and can be, and breaks the stereotypes of what many still be

One Cello, One Guitar and an Abandoned Coal Mining Town

The emerging experimental folk duo, Montreal-based Year of Glad, was chosen as one of four bands to participate in the 2014 Banff Indie Band Residency.

#Uncle John by Against the Grain Theatre

These Historical Field Recordings Are a Folk Music Time Capsule

An ambitious musical project reimagines historical folk music recordings for the 21st century.

Ballet Kelowna

Special presentation pays tribute to legendary Canadian choreographer Brian Macdonald, CC

The Banff Centre and Ballet Kelowna present an evening of performance, celebration, and tribute to legendary Canadian choreographer, mentor, artistic visionary

A Little Too Cozy

The Banff Centre partners with Against the Grain Theatre and Canadian Opera Company to bring Mozart’s Così fan tutte to Banff

The Banff Centre is pleased to announce it will collaborate with Against the Grain Theatre and Canadian Opera Company for a one-of-a-kind, immersive, performanc

Shad

Shad and Holy Fuck awarded first ever Banff-Polaris Residency

The Banff Centre and Polaris Music Prize proudly announce Shad and Holy Fuck as the inaugural recipients of the Banff-Polaris Residency

Writer, dramaturg Brian Quirt appointed director of the Banff Playwrights Colony

The Banff Playwrights’ Colony at The Banff Centre, one of the most intensive creative experiences for the development of new Canadian plays, has appointed Brian

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