PuSh Blog

Orpheus

November 12, 2025

Image description: At the centre of a tangled clump of dancers, a woman wraps her hands around the neck of a man who holds his hands up in a gesture of prayer. Behind them, a huge sheet drapes, dyed with a muted palette of greys and blues.

Descent // Transformation // Dream Orpheus reimagines the myth of descent as a visceral dance through darkness toward connection and renewal. Choreographer Alan Lake constructs an immersive world of image and movement where body, matter, […]

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La utopía de la mariposa / TIERRA

November 12, 2025

Image description: A collage of two images. First: Outdoors in a field of long grasses against a glowing dusk sky, a lone performer pours a basket of rose petals over his upturned face. His flat chest is bare, and he wears a full skirt of gold brocade and lace. Second: Light pours into the windows of an empty wooden-framed barn, illuminating the silouette of a performer dressed in the a lush dress and matching overcoat made of pale lace. Facing away, the figure holds the garment open, letting the light shine through the delicate cloth.

Queerness // Land // Resistance Two visionary films featuring Lukas Avendaño—an internationally acclaimed performance artist and leading voice of the Muxe community in Oaxaca’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec—trace the intersections of body, land, and resistance within […]

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Renata Carvalho Film Marathon

November 19, 2024

Spend a day immersed in Brazilian queer cinema with a lineup of films that explore themes from forbidden desire and sexual health to transphobia and the struggle for equality amidst the rise of far-right politics. […]

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Born in Flames

November 15, 2024

Born in Flames is a pioneering work of feminist sci-fi cinema shot in 1983 with low-fi guerrilla filmmaking aesthetics that combine experimental docufiction techniques and archival news footage in a gritty, unvarnished portrayal of activism […]

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