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! 

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

Pre Series – 27 Jan Mon

3:00pm-7:00pm

CanDance Network Meeting

7:00pm-9:00pm

Festival Lounge Bar

28 Jan Tue

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 – Led by NikNaz Kahnamoui and Lynda Gerty

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

9:30am-10:00am

Coffee & Tea

10:00am-12:30pm

DISCUSSION: Curating Live Art: Crosscurrents of Thinking on Identity – Moderated by Dena Davida and Derek Chan, with Fay Nass, River Lin, Camille Larrivée, and Godlive Lawani

12:30pm-1:30pm

Catered Lunch

1:30pm-3:30pm

DISCUSSION: Solidarity Practices – Solidarity Practices – Moderated by Liliona Quarmyne, with Cecilia Kuska, Emilie Monnet, Joseph K. Kasau Wa Mambwe, and Quito Tembe

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

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: Theatre as the Anteroom to Action – Moderated by Gabrielle Martin, with Reneltta Arluk, Tracy Francis, Margaret Grenier, and Rucera Seethal

4:30pm-6:30pm

OFF-PROGRAMMING: Left of PuSh followed by Cocktail/Mocktaill

7:00pm

PERFORMANCE: Lasa Ng Imperyo

7:00pm

Alt. PERFORMANCE: SWIM

9:00pm

PERFORMANCE: The Goldberg Variations followed by a talkback

9:00pm-Midnight

Festival Lounge Bar

31 Jan Fri

9:30am-10:00am

Coffee & Tea

10:00am-3:30pm

WORKSHOP: Decolonizing Policy: Building Inclusive Frameworks for Transformation – Led by Sae-Hoon Stan Chung

12:30pm-1:30pm

Catered Lunch

5:00pm

PERFORMANCE: SWIM followed by a talkback

6:00pm

Alt. PERFORMANCE: Lasa Ng Imperyo

8:00pm

PERFORMANCE: BOGOTÁ followed by a talkback

9:00pm-Midnight

Festival Lounge Bar

1 Feb Sat

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

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

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

3:00pm-9:00pm

PERFORMANCE: Dune Wars Kiki Ball