To develop creative partnerships with a variety of artistic collectives and organizations, funding agencies, foundations, and corporate and private sponsors. Wen Wei Wang is the recipient of the prestigious Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award for the year 2000. More Competency-Based Training Model to replace current Theatre Production Training Programs . The program includes specific training designed to meet the demands of contemporary work. Through scene study, movement, dramatic and vocal interpretation, singers expand their performance range to meet the challenges of contemporary repertoire.
Emphasis is placed on the study of works by living composers.
A training and rehearsal period culminates in public performances at The Banff Centre. This program is designed especially for young professional theatre performers. Through focussed programs of study in movement, voice, stage combat, interpretation of text and delineation of character, actors expand their performance range to meet the challenges of a career in the contemporary theatre. Emphasis is placed on the study of works by living Canadian dramatists. This program is designed for young professional dancers who wish to study and perform the particular repertoire of the current season's Festival Dance, which customarily includes a new work by the most recent recipient of the Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award.