2025 Industry Series

January 28 to February 2, 2025

Each year, we welcome 200+ visionary arts workers, including over 30 international performing arts presenters, to engage in professional development and curatorial research activities during the Festival. We hope that you’ll be one of them this year!

Industry registration is now closed. Contact industry@pushfestival.ca for more information.

Registered Industry Series attendees can visit the directory of Industry delegates here.

What’s the content?

12 Festival Performances & Multimedia Experiences
Talks and Discussions
Artist Walks and Studio Visits
Curated Pitch Session
Off-Programming
CanDance Network Meeting

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Schedule at a Glance

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Pre Series – 27 Jan Mon

3:00pm-7:00pm: CanDance Network Meeting
7:00pm-9:00pm: Festival Lounge Bar

28 Jan Tue

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9:30am-10:30am: Industry Pass collection & Coffee/Tea
10:30am-12:00pm: Territorial Welcome, Industry Opening
TALK: Indigenous Futurism Keynote by Quelemia Sparrow
12:00pm-1:00pm: Catered Lunch
1:00pm-3:00pm: WORKSHOP: Navigating the Big Divides
3:00pm-5:00pm: Artist Walks
5:00pm-7:00pm: Happy Hour
7:00pm: PERFORMANCE: Habitat followed by a talkback
7:30pm: PERFORMANCE: Bijuriya
8:30pm: PERFORMANCE: BLEU NÉON followed by a talkback
10:00pm-11:30pm: Opening Cocktail / Mocktail

29 Jan Wed

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9:30am-10:00am: Coffee & Tea
10:00am-12:30pm: DISCUSSION: Curating Live Arts: Crosscurrents of Thinking on Identity
12:30pm-1:30pm: Catered Lunch
1:30pm-3:30pm: DISCUSSION: Solidarity Practices
4:00pm-6:00pm: OFF-PROGRAMMING: Dance West Network showcase produced in partnership with The Dance Centre
7:00pm: PERFORMANCE: Habitat
7:30pm: PERFORMANCE: Bijuriya
8:30pm: PERFORMANCE: BLEU NÉON
9:00pm-Midnight: PERFORMANCE: Club PuSh

30 Jan Thu

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9:30am-10:00am: Coffee & Tea
10:00am-12:00pm: Pitch Sessions
12:00pm-1:30pm: Catered Lunch
12:00pm-1:30pm: IBPOC Leaders’ Lunch
1:30pm-3:30pm: DISCUSSION: Urgency, Ethics, Ambiguity and Aesthetics
4:30pm-6:30pm: OFF-PROGRAMMING: Left of PuSh followed by Cocktail/Mocktaill
7:00pm: PERFORMANCE: Lasa Ng Imperyo (A Taste of Empire)
7:00pm: PERFORMANCE: SWIM
9:00pm: PERFORMANCE: The Goldberg Variations followed by a talkback
9:00pm-Midnight: Festival Lounge Bar

31 Jan Fri

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9:30am-10:00am: Coffee & Tea
10:00am-3:30pm: WORKSHOP: Decolonizing Policy: Building Inclusive Frameworks for Transformation
12:30pm-1:30pm: Catered Lunch
5:00pm: PERFORMANCE: SWIM followed by a talkback
6:00pm: PERFORMANCE: Lasa Ng Imperyo (A Taste of Empire)
7:30pm: PERFORMANCE: De glace (From Ice) [IN FRENCH]
8:00pm: PERFORMANCE: BOGOTÁ followed by a talkback
8:00pm: PERFORMANCE: SWIM
9:00pm-Midnight: Festival Lounge Bar