Kick Back at Club PuSh 2022!
February 01, 2022
At Performance Works, FEB 2 at 9:30 PM, FEB 3 & 4 at 9 PM This year PuSh is featuring three unique and entertaining Club PuSh nights at Performance Works on Granville Island. As usual, […]
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Njo Kong Kie 楊光奇 and Chinese Music of Social Justice
January 24, 2022
The fact that music can be a vehicle for imparting ideas is as old as music. From Gregorian chants of self abnegation, to nationalism promoted by anthems, The Association for Psychological Science explains, “The experience […]
Read MoreUsing Virtual Reality and Multimedia to showcase Unique Perspectives: VIOLETTE and Aalaapi
January 19, 2022
Canada has long been at the forefront of using technology to evolve the way people experience storytelling on stage. Since the 1990s, Canadian theatre has been experimenting with virtual reality (VR) and multimedia, creating immersive, […]
Read MoreGlobal Perspectives on Black Lives Matter: The work of Joseph Toonga and Makambe K. Simamba
January 11, 2022
Almost a decade after 17-year old Trayvon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman, Black people are still being murdered and incarcerated at an unacceptable rate, and the anti-racism work of BLM is more important than […]
Read MoreJanuary 6, 2022: COVID-19 Update
January 06, 2022
Our team at PuSh is working diligently to bring our Festival program to you with health and safety as our utmost priority. In accordance with public health orders, all venues at this year’s Festival will […]
Read MoreInspired Art of Movement from Montréal
December 20, 2021
Quebec has long been at the forefront of genre- and gravity-defying movement arts, which started to become internationally recognized with the phenomenal success of Cirque Du Soleil. The 2022 PuSh Festival features two exceptional examples […]
Read MoreThe Process Is the Project: Ruby Singh on the Making of Vox.Infold
December 09, 2021
“…the human voice is an adaptation of the metabolic activity most crucial to our existence – breathing. This is how the atmosphere enters our beings and how we know we are intimately connected to our […]
Read MorePuSh Apology to Janelle Wong-Moon and Joyce Rosario
December 08, 2021
The Board of Directors of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival unreservedly apologizes to Joyce Rosario and Janelle Wong-Moon for the handling of their terminations in June 2020 and the subsequent events. We acknowledge the […]
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