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Vancouver Arts

Curatorial Statement – Craig Holzschuh on The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi

December 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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Tucked & Plucked at Club PuSh

December 04, 2013

Ever wondered where drag queens came from? Tucked and Plucked unearths the history of the drag movement in Vancouver. Following the rise of drag culture alongside—and often directly impacting—the queer rights movement, this glamorous and outrageous talk […]

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Curatorial Statement – Katrina Dunn on Night

December 04, 2013

Canadian plays should run the gamut of our country’s experience, but so often they are confined to specific cultural groups in a few urban centres.  What I love about Human Cargo’s Night is that it […]

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Curatorial Statement – Ballet BC

November 08, 2012

By Ballet BC Artistic Director Emily Molnar January 24-26, 2013 Ballet BC presents Encore, a mixed program featuring three diverse and exciting works of contemporary ballet.  Encore is being presented in collaboration with the Push […]

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Curatorial Statement – Photog

November 08, 2012

People often wonder what goes into selecting a work for the PuSh Festival. I suppose that it may at times be somewhat mysterious. There are certainly considerations of genre, discipline, scale, budget, logistics, affordability—and many, […]

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Mariano Pensotti: Reflections on La Marea

December 29, 2010

At night and in real time, moving from the pavement to illuminated windows, from balconies to café terraces, La Marea presents nine different stories—intimate snapshots that bring the zero hundred block of Water Street in […]

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