January 06, 2014
For immediate release: January 6, 2014 The Push International Performing Arts Festival is the proud recipient of an Optik Local programming grant from TELUS. The funds will support the production of a documentary film commemorating […]
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There are some projects that simply capture your imagination and seize it immediately at first hearing. Nanook of the North with a live score featuring Tanya Tagaq was just that. Take Robert Flaherty’s problematic (arguably […]
Read MoreDecember 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 […]
Read MoreDecember 17, 2013
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 MoreNovember 20, 2013
There is an informal policy where I work. It’s something of a caveat. You won’t find it written down anywhere. It’s not in the PuSh Festival Society’s constitution, nor is it in the bylaws, or […]
Read MoreNovember 14, 2013
It’s not an easy question: What does one open the 10th anniversary PuSh Festival with? Do we bring back a show, an audience favourite, a particularly memorable or provocative piece? Perhaps we present a treasured […]
Read MoreNovember 07, 2013
Back in the early naughts, PuSh was an impulse both simple and far-reaching. A bold and original mid-winter, international festival was envisioned as a much-needed platform for creating a “new context” for the performing arts here […]
Read MoreOctober 31, 2013
For immediate release: October 31, 2013 Norman Armour, the Artistic and Executive Director of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, has been awarded with Vancouver’s highest civic award by Mayor Gregor Robertson in a ceremony […]
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