December 17, 2013
PuSh at 10 A celebration is in order for the PuSh Festival, which is celebrating its 10th year of presenting international performing arts companies, as well as work from elsewhere in Canada that we wouldn’t […]
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It’s the time of year when thoughts turn not only to Santa and home for the holidays but beyond to January and the question of how to manage our Festival schedules. For those of us […]
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I have from time to time attended multiple performances of a given work. Sometimes, I have done it simply for the pleasure of taking in a play or dance piece a second time. Many years […]
Read MoreDecember 16, 2013
Since first seeing documentation of Rabih Mroué’s work in Beirut at Ashkal Alwan in 2007 I have followed his career with great interest. I watched videos of Looking for a Missing Employee and Three Posters, his collaboration with […]
Read MoreDecember 12, 2013
Many months ago, former Senior Curator for the PuSh Festival Sherrie Johnson first brought the beautiful performance Danse Lhasa Danse to my attention. I was instantly intrigued as I had long been a huge fan […]
Read MoreDecember 11, 2013
Here at the PuSh Festival office, it’s not about a countdown to Christmas. It’s less than five weeks away to the start of the 10th Anniversary Festival. PuSh Pass sales are going swiftly (get ‘em […]
Read MoreDecember 09, 2013
The PuSh Festival and the Vancouver Art Gallery have been working together, in some form or another, for the last four years (Sometimes I Think, I Can See You, 2013; Guided Tour, 2012; Tanya Tagaq, 2011). It […]
Read MoreDecember 09, 2013
The first time I saw The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi in 1999 as part of Théâtre la Seizième’s season, actor Jean-Louis Millette performed this one person play with such virtuosity that I could not see myself ever seeing anyone […]
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