Dance
A place for professional dancers and choreographers to research, train, and create new works.
Intercultural Indigenous Choreographers Creation Lab, 2018. Photo by Jessica Wittman
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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
Theatre Arts Team
Amiel Gladstone
Theatre Arts Director
Amiel Gladstone is a West Coast based writer and director.
Recent opera includes Rattenbury and Tosca for Pacific Opera Victoria, Dark Sisters and Lucia di Lammermoor for Vancouver Opera, as well as several operas for young folks for Vancouver Opera In Schools.
As a director, his productions have been both site specific in unusual venues and in traditional theatres, with companies such as the Alberta Theatre Projects, Arts Club, Belfry, Caravan Farm Theatre, Factory Theatre, Firehall, the Guild in Whitehorse, Musical Stage Co, Theatre Replacement, Theatre Conspiracy, Theatre SKAM, Vancouver Playhouse, and the PuSh Festival.
As a playwright, his plays have been produced by Alberta Theatre Projects, Belfry Theatre, Touchstone Theatre, Caravan Farm Theatre, the National Arts Centre, Solo Collective, Western Edge Theatre, Theatre SKAM, as well as internationally in the United States, France, and Romania.
Ally Schuurman
Theatre Arts Program Manager
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.
Contact Us
For questions about the department and what we offer, please contact:
Email: arts_info@banffcentre.ca
Phone: 403.762.610