PuSh Play

Jan 23 2025 56 ep. 30 mins 7
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PuSh Play is a PuSh Festival podcast. Each episode features conversations with artists who are pushing boundaries and playing with form.

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Ep. 56 - The Art of Contortion (Nadère arts vivants)

Jan 23 2025 37 mins  
Gabrielle Martin chats with Andréane Leclerc of Nadére arts vivants for the Season 3 Finale of PuSh Play! Throughout the Festival, Andréane will be sharing her practice through a variety of workshops and consultations for students and professionals as part of a PuSh Festival Artist Residency. Show Notes Gabrielle and Andréane discuss: How do you integrate difficult contortio

Ep. 55 - Finding and Meeting the Other (What is Already Here?)

Jan 20 2025 40 mins  
Gabrielle Martin chats with Majula Drammeh and Joseph K Kasua. They are presenting a special studio showing and discussion of What is already here? at the 2025 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Check out the show on February 7 at the VIVO Media Arts Centre. Show Notes Gabrielle, Majulah and Joseph discuss: For your show, What is Already Here, which stemmed from a 202

Ep. 54 - Conjuring the Future (The Goldberg Variations)

Jan 16 2025 26 mins  
Gabrielle Martin chats with Clayton Lee, who will be presenting The Goldberg Variations at the 2025 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Check out the show on January 30 at the Waterfront Theatre, supported by CMHC Granville Island. Show Notes Gabrielle and Clayton discuss: Why do you only perform the Goldberg Variations once per engagement? What does it mean to ident

Ep. 53 - Risk and Empowerment (Inner Sublimity)

Jan 13 2025 42 mins  
Gabrielle Martin chats with Sammy Chien and Caroline MacCaull of Chimerik. They are presenting Inner Sublimity at the 2025 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Check out the show on February 7, 8 and 9 at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Show Notes Gabrielle, Sammy and Caroline discuss: What does it look like to transcend eastern and western philosophy in your work overall an

Ep. 52 - From the Ordinary to the Universal (Dimanche)

Jan 09 2025 25 mins  
Gabrielle Martin chats with Julie Tenret of Focus and Sandrine Heyraud of Chaliwaté about their show Dimanche, which will be presented at the 2025 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Dimanche will be presented with our friends at the Cultch on February 6, 7 and 8 at the Vancouver Playhouse, supported by Vancouver Civic Theatres. Show Notes Gabrielle, Julie and Sandrine di

Ep. 51 - Unclassifiable (Bijuriya)

Jan 06 2025 34 mins  
Gabrielle Martin chats with Gabriel Dharmoo, who is presenting Bijuriya at the 2025 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival on January 28 and 29 at the ANNEX, with Music on Main and the Indian Summer Festival and support from the Government of Quebec. Show Notes Gabrielle and Gabriel discuss: How do we artfully engage with colonialism? What does it mean to have a transcult

Ep. 50 - The Negotiation (L’Addition)

Jan 02 2025 28 mins  
Gabrielle Martin chats with Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutas (Bert and Nasi) who are presenting L’Addition at the 2025 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. L’Addition, directed by Tim Etchells, will be performed at the Alliance Française Vancouver on January 25 and 26 in association with Here & Now, and supported by the consulat général de France à Vancouver. Show Not

Ep. 49 - The One to One Affair (Marie Chouinard)

Dec 30 2024 26 mins  
Gabrielle Martin chats with the legendary Marie Chouinard. Marie’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Rite of Spring will be presented at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival on February 3 at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre. Show Notes Gabrielle and Marie discuss: Can you describe the evolution of your artistic inquiry, especially since you started professional

Ep. 48 - Seeing Double (A Wake of Vultures)

Dec 26 2024 47 mins  
Gabrielle Martin chats with Nancy Tam, Daniel O’Shea, Conor Wylie of A Wake of Vultures. They are presenting two shows at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: K Body and Mind and Walking at Night by Myself. Both will be at the Scotiabank Dance Centre as a double feature on February 1 and 2. Show Notes Gabrielle, Nancy, Daniel and Conor discuss: What is the glue tha

Ep. 47 - The Space Between Words (De glace / From Ice)

Dec 19 2024 18 mins  
Gabrielle Martin chats with Anne-Marie Ouellet, whose work, De glace / From Ice, will be presented at the 20th PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. You can catch her show from January 31 to February 2 at the Roundhouse in Vancouver, in association with Théâtre la Seizième and the Vancouver International Children’s Festival. Show Notes Gabrielle and Anne-Marie discuss: