PuSh Blog

Club PuSh

November 18, 2024

Club PuSh is teaming up once again with QT Cabaret on Wednesday, January 29th! This annual party, curated by the frank theatre’s artistic director Fay Nass, will be held at the iconic Fox Cabaret—once a […]

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Dune Wars Kiki Ball

November 15, 2024

In an opulent ballroom, a performer struts down a runway lined with rows of cheering, grinning audience. Dressed in a colourful short skirt with a hand-painted fish tail, her bare back is visible as she strides away.

On February 2, the cosmic forces of Van Vogue Jam and PuSh Festival converge for a showdown of galactic proportions: Dune Wars Kiki Ball. Hosted by the Kiki Legendary Overall Mother Posh Gvasalia, this astro-glam […]

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Dances for a Small Stage

November 12, 2024

PuSh Festival and Small Stage are teaming up to bring back this critically acclaimed and wildly popular Vancouver institution—and this time, it’s bolder and braver than ever. With a spotlight on the power of intersectional […]

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Inner Sublimity

November 12, 2024

Inner Sublimity traverses currents of Eastern and Western philosophy through dance, creating a dynamic dialogue between traditions preserved across generations. This cross-pollination bridges Taiwan’s heritage, grounded in reverence and ritual, with Europe’s tapestry of religious […]

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All That Remains

November 12, 2024

The silhouettes of four dancers break up a dark stage strewn with long swaths of fabric and geometric sculptural shapes. They stand and kneel, each holding different objects, like a box, a long piece of cloth, and a plank of wood dragged by a wire handle.

This choreographic work unfolds across a desolate terrain, scattered with assemblages of industrial debris and organic matter, where the stage becomes a space of hybridization, a threshold between inner landscapes and external realities. Suspended in […]

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Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and The Rite of Spring

November 08, 2024

Choreographer Marie Chouinard presents two unorthodox performances that mark pivotal moments in her trailblazing career, both inspired by iconic Ballets Russes masterpieces by Vaslav Nijinsky. The original works were revolutionary for their departure from classical […]

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BLEU NÉON

November 08, 2024

Bathed in luminescence that evokes the glowing urban nightscape of a distant and imagined Saigon, Châu Kim-Sanh beckons the senses through fluorescent haze to her ancestral land. At home in this intimate space, she explores […]

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OUT

November 07, 2024

Under a charged nightclub haze, two performers move with electric intimacy, flirting, teasing, shape-shifting. Immersed in the bittersweet fragrance of oranges, OUT is a defiant challenge to the status quo that bravely carves out a […]

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