PuSh Blog

Keynote: Marcus Youssef

November 21, 2017

Marcus Youssef

Bombast! Apocalypse! Clickbait! Live Performance in the Endless End Days In a time when caustic triumphalism and endless cataclysm dominate our consciousness—and make very effective clickbait— Marcus Youssef’s keynote considers: collaboration and the productive value […]

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Pushoff Mixer

November 21, 2017

PushOFF 2015, Theatre Replacement

PushOFF, produced by Theatre Replacement in partnership with Company 605, is an independent, curated platform of tour-ready projects and works in development by Canadian artists, taking place February 1 and 2. Join the producers and […]

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Youth Assembly

November 21, 2017

The Youth Assembly is a one-day FREE performing arts conference just for young people. This is the fifth annual Youth Assembly, which is part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Whether you’re curious or passionate […]

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Poetry in Motion

November 21, 2017

Workshop: Poetry in Motion (Legend Lin Dance Theatre)

In this master class, Lin Lee-Chen and her company dancers demonstrate Legend Lin Dance Theatre’s renowned body techniques, which embody the idea of poetry in motion. The exquisite choreographic language, developed over the past four […]

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Critical Ideas: Object-Oriented Performance Practices

November 21, 2017

Critical Ideas brings together artists, critics, scholars and audiences to discuss formal, social and ideological issues affecting performance practice and reception. Algorithmic and design-driven theatre; dances with machines; sound installations that foreground analog or digital […]

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Sensitizer with Britt Hatzius

November 21, 2017

Workshop: Sensitizer with Britt Hatzius

A workshop in sensitizing our senses. In guiding and being guided, it follows some of the premises of Britt Hatzius‘s Blind Cinema in its collaborative effort in imagination, shared trust and how we might join […]

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Artist Talk: Antonio Sánchez

November 21, 2017

BiRDMAN LiVE: Antonio Sanchez

Behind the Sound Famed percussionist Antonio Sánchez (BiRDMAN: LiVE) discusses his experience drumming and composing for film scores, the current state of jazz drumming, and more.

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Critical Ideas: Contemporary Indigenous Women’s Performance

November 21, 2017

Critical Ideas brings together artists, critics, scholars and audiences to discuss formal, social and ideological issues affecting performance practice and reception. This panel asks how Indigenous women artists from different territorial and disciplinary backgrounds approach […]

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