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!
STANDARD INDUSTRY PASS
For artists and arts workers, the Standard Pass provides access to all sessions, catered social events, the Festival Lounge Bar, a 20% discount code on Festival tickets, and complimentary access to Club PuSh and Dune Wars Kiki Ball.
Standard Industry Pass: $250
FULL INDUSTRY PASS
The Full Industry Pass includes everything in the Standard Pass PLUS admission to 12 performances and immersive events held during the series.
Full Industry Pass: $544
PuSh delegates, speakers, and pitchers can stay at the Sandman Hotel Vancouver Downtown at special rates starting at CAD$144/night + taxes. A discount link will be provided after purchasing your Industry Pass.
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
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
See full Tuesday schedule- 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
- 8:30pm
- PERFORMANCE: BLEU NÉON followed by a talkback
- 10:00pm-11:30pm
- Opening Cocktail / Mocktail
29 Jan Wed
See full Wednesday schedule- 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
- 7:30pm
- PERFORMANCE: Bijuriya
- 9:00pm-Midnight
- PERFORMANCE: Club PuSh
30 Jan Thu
See full Thursday schedule- 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
- 7:00pm
- PERFORMANCE: SWIM
- 9:00pm
- PERFORMANCE: The Goldberg Variations followed by a talkback
- 9:00pm-Midnight
- Festival Lounge Bar
31 Jan Fri
See full Friday schedule- 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
- 8:00pm
- PERFORMANCE: BOGOTÁ followed by a talkback
- 9:00pm-Midnight
- Festival Lounge Bar
1 Feb Sat
See full Saturday schedule- 10:00am-12:00pm
- DISCUSSION: Slow Social: Around Sound
- 12:00pm-1:00pm
- OFF-PROGRAMMING: Left of PuSh
- 2:00pm
- PERFORMANCE: De glace (From Ice) followed by a talkback
- 2:00pm
- PERFORMANCE: Lasa Ng Imperyo
- 3:30pm-5:30pm
- Dramaturgy Dialogues
- 5:45pm-6:45pm
- OFF-PROGRAMMING: Gaurav Bhatti Studio Showing
- 7:00pm
- PERFORMANCE: Seeing Double Walking at Night by Myself
- 8:30pm
- PERFORMANCE: Seeing Double K BODY AND MIND followed by a talkback
- 9:00pm-Midnight
- Festival Lounge Bar
2 Feb Sun
See full Sunday schedule- 10:00am-12:00pm
- Closing Industry Brunch
- 12:30pm-1:30pm
- OFF-PROGRAMMING: Belsher Arts Management Showcase
- 12:30pm-2:00pm
- OFF-PROGRAMMING: Lucy M. May Studio Showing
- 2:00pm
- PERFORMANCE: SWIM
- 3:00pm-9:00pm
- PERFORMANCE: Dune Wars Kiki Ball