January 09, 2019
By The Dance Centre Published on January 8, 2019 Company 605 has a major Dance Centre residency this season which includes artistic dialogues and community-building initiatives as well as the premiere of a new work […]
Read More Read more about Company 605 Premieres New Work: Loop, LullJanuary 08, 2019
Framed as a “powerful, secular, present-day ritual,” Attractor is inspired by the Javanese tradition of entering trance through dance and music. Works that ignite meaningful experiences and important discussions about the world around us is what inspires […]
Read More Read more about Connecting to the Ecstatic Power of Dance and Music in Attractor – A curatorial statement by Joyce RosarioJanuary 07, 2019
In the Inuktitut language, when a knife is dull, it is said to “have no face”. The word “Kiinalik” translates to mean the knife is sharp – or, “it has a face”.
Read More Read more about Giving Voice to History, Culture and Climate in Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools – A curatorial statement by Roy SuretteJanuary 03, 2019
By Alex Teplitzky for Creative Capital Published on December 7, 2018 In his Creative Capital project, Pancho Villa from a Safe Distance, Graham Reynolds delves into the life of the enigmatic general, legendary bandit, and hero of […]
Read More Read more about A Cross-Border Bilingual Opera Explores the Legendary Mexican General Pancho VillaDecember 17, 2018
We’ve thrilled to welcome a new team of all-stars for the 2019 PuSh Youth Academy. The Youth Academy is a unique opportunity for a small group of professionally minded young people who hope to pursue a […]
Read More Read more about Meet the 2019 Youth AcademyDecember 07, 2018
People often describe an encounter as uncanny when it feels familiar yet is unrecognizable. The term for this phenomenon is a rough translation of the German words for homely and unhomely. Uncanny poignantly describes Guatemalan-Canadian […]
Read More Read more about Encountering the Uncanny in Heart of the Scarecrow: A curatorial statement by Amy KazymerchykDecember 06, 2018
New this holiday season, PuSh and the Vancouver Public Library have created reading lists for selected 2019 PuSh Festival shows. Grab your library card, brew some coffee (or may we suggest hot chocolate?) and have a […]
Read More Read more about Cozy Up! Your Holiday Reading List is HereDecember 04, 2018
You know when you walk into a darkened room? It takes a moment for your eyes to adjust, but then you’re able to see all the details. Muted is the aural equivalent of that. Everything […]
Read More Read more about The Immediacy of the Silence in Muted: A curatorial statement by David PayWhen you make a gift to the PuSh Festival, you help us to present the very best in contemporary performance from around the world.