Upcoming PuSh Festival Jan 18 - Feb 6, 2011July 28 2010 @ 12:19:59 PM
The 2011 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is scheduled to take place
January 18 - February 6, 2011.
Executive Director Norman Armour and Senior Curator Sherrie Johnson are already hard at work on the programming for the Festival's 7th instalment.
Plans will include a suite of works that reflect upon Vancouver's 125th Anniversary, shows from the UK, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, the US, Poland and Germany, along with the triumphant return of Club PuSh and the PuSh Assembly networking conference. Join the mailing list and be the first to find out when the festival schedule is announced!
2010 Annual Report
The 2010 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Annual Report is now available!
CLICK HERE to download a PDF version of this report.
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THANK YOUFebruary 11 2010 @ 2:22:43 PM
Thank you for making the 2010 PuSh Festival a success!
This year, Festival attendance exceeded projections and of the 14 unique works, 7 were performed to capacity crowds. Line-ups formed hours before show time for a chance at rush tickets to the sold-out run of Hotel Modern's heartbreaking KAMP. Over all performances, average house capacity was approximately 85%.
The Festival proved to be a critical success with works hailed as "wildly ambitions" and "profound and entertaining" (Janet Smith, The Georgia Straight), "aesthetically stunning and mind-bending" (Kirstie McCallum, Plank Magazine) and "wildly imaginative and utterly inspired" (Peter Birnie, The Vancouver Sun).
"The Festival team has been in planning for over two years to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities in 2010. The excellence, energy and sheer range of work captured the imagination of a diverse and passionate audience. A big thank you is owed to all those who participated, lent their support and took in a performance. You have ensured that PuSh is alive and well!"
- Norman Armour, Executive Director
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PuSh Festival Welcomes Interim Managing Director Kent GallieJanuary 1 2010 @ 9:52:12 PM
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Executive Director Norman Armour announced today that Kent Gallie will be taking the position of interim Managing Director for the 2011 PuSh Festival. "Kent Gallie is one of those individuals who form the cornerstone of any vibrant arts community. Resiliency, resourcefulness, determination—they are mantras for these current times. These words also capture the qualities that Kent will bring to the Interim Managing Director position.”
Managing Director Minna Schendlinger will be on maternity leave immediately following the 2010 festival, and will be returning in the spring of 2011. "I couldn't be happier about Kent's appointment to this position. It is going to be a real boon to the organization and the community to have him here for the next year.”
Kent Gallie has worked for the past two and a half years as Outreach Manager for MusicFest Vancouver (formerly Festival Vancouver) coordinating the organization’s province wide 30 concert Spectacular Music BC series, as well as playing an integral role in the production of the annual two week international music festival.
Prior to joining MusicFest Vancouver Kent spent 11 years as Production Stage Manager with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. His tenure with the ESO included the transition of the orchestra into the new Francis Winspear Centre for Music and coordinating the annual Symphony Under the Sky Festival. He also served a 4 year term as Festival Liaison on the Edmonton Arts Council Board of Directors, providing a voice for the local festival community at the Board level and chairing a number of peer juries administering municipal grants to established and emerging festival organizations. Kent is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s Bachelor of Fine Arts Acting program and has worked for a variety of theatre, film and television production companies as an actor, stage manager and technician. He also works as a Front of House Manager at the Cultch.
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PuSh Assembly on hold for 2010January 1 2010 @ 9:23:58 PM
Please note that due to recent federal funding cuts to the international programs PromArt and Trade Routes, the PuSh Festival will not be producing the PuSh Assembly in 2010. Instead, we will take a year to reflect, so that we can come back with a stronger forum in 2011 that benefits our community and responds to our new world.
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Arts AdvocacyJanuary 1 2010 @ 9:13:40 PM
Don't forget - we still need you to speak out against the provincial arts cuts! Here are a few sources for daily bulletins, background information and the creative sector's response to these threats :
You can help! Write a letter-speak to why culture matters to you.
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