February 2010 Issue
Looking back — Dancing forward

David Earle is sitting in Three Ravens Wine Bar musing about the future and remembering the past. Balancing a wine glass on his knee, and with an energy that belies his 70 years, he speaks quietly but passionately about the new works his dance company is perfecting in Banff, and how 25 years ago a Banff Centre commission changed the course of his life and of contemporary dance in Canada.

Brian Jungen’s  transformative art
by Kitty Scott

Brian Jungen will return to The Banff Centre this year, revisiting an institution and a landscape that has regenerated his practice since 1998, and beginning work on a newly commissioned sculpture.

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Time traveller
by Debra Hornsby

Banff Centre iCORE researcher Chris Chafe melds his skills as a composer, musician, and scientist to explore the intersection between time, distance, and music

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Arts and ideas converge in <em>boulderpavement</em>
by Debra Hornsby

New online multi-media magazine offers snapshots of creativity and thought, on a Canadian and international scale.

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A <em>String Quartet</em> is born
by Debra Hornsby

Celebrated composer John Adams muses on the joys and hazards of new music, as his latest work, created for the St. Lawrence String Quartet, debuts in Banff.

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Waiting for the encore
by Tim Christison

Finding a second life for new opera can be challenging. At the Banff Opera Colloquium, opera companies from across Canada considered how to help new works live beyond their premieres.

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The art of mobile mapping
by Heather Belot

EasyMap project will provide a mobile-online learning tool for students across Canada thanks to a partnership between the Banff New Media Institute and Learning Throuhg the Arts.

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Profile: Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux
by Jill Sawyer

The Centre’s Nexen Chair in Aboriginal Leadership brings 22 years of experience to creating a archive of Indigenous success stories that will celebrate the past and help guide the future.

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Sound = Action for U.K. filmmaker
by Debra Hornsby

Award-winning filmmaker Paul Diffley discovers the art of invisible sound as he mixes music with action thanks to a Centre audio scholarship.

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Building Canada’s cultural repertoire
by Mary Hofstetter

As we embark on new decade, The Banff Centre will continue to fulfill our role as a creative leader in arts and culture, both in Canada and on the world stage.

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Awards and accolades
by Inspired

In which we raise a loud ‘Hurrah!’ for our award-winning alumni and faculty…

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Scene at Banff
by Inspired

People, programs, performances…proving a picture is worth a thousand words….

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Looking back — Dancing forward
by Debra Hornsby

David Earle is sitting in Three Ravens Wine Bar musing about the future and remembering the past. Balancing a wine glass on his knee, and with an energy that belies his 70 years, he speaks quietly but passionately about the new works his dance company is perfecting in Banff, and how 25 years ago a Banff Centre commission changed the course of his life and of contemporary dance in Canada.

» Read the full story