With staging that evokes a Chicago jazz bar, the Dance Centre and PuSh Festival co-presentation draws on matrilineal fashion and line dancing
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In a riveting PuSh Festival and New Works copresentation, Belgium’s Cherish Menzo plays with repetition, chopped-and-screwed music, and flashing dental grillz
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In the deeply moving production, dancers embody the ancient tale of death and longing by tapping into their own experiences of tragedy
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Productions that “push” forms include dance works that play with props and stereotypes, as well as ethereal odes to nature and the northern lights
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The starkly moving show by the Czech Republic’s Archa Centre of Documentary Theatre recounts true stories of lives upended by the conflict
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Choreographer’s latest creation is a dazzling blend of dance, lighting, and sound that draws on her Black matrilineal heritage
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Copresentation by Music on Main, PuSh Festival, and Chan Centre features Inuit throat singers in new performance language
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Multidisciplinary offerings include Jerahuni Movement Factory’s Kamwe Kamwe (One by One) and Plastic Orchid Factory’s Catching Up to the Future of Our Past
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Provocatively reimagined endings to opera and Shakespeare were among the random scenes that stuck with us from the year onstage
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Discipline-crossing shows from as far away as Zimbabwe and Argentina hit a variety of stages from January 22 to February 8, 2026
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Waacking-infused world premiere co-created with Justine A. Chambers draws on a 1990 indie Bollywood film choreographed by Sachar’s mom
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At the Scotiabank Dance Centre, Daina Ashbee’s We learned a lot at our own funeral takes an unblinking, unsettling look at the death of the self; surreal studies make big impacts at Small Stage
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The Province, which has provided nearly $80 million since 2021, is reviewing the program, while fests warn of challenges and cutbacks if it’s lost
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Clarke will replace Keltie Forsyth after this year’s fest comes to a close
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Multilayered work by Andrea Peña & Artists is full of animalistic ritual, raw emotion, and nods to Colombian history
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Copresented by PuSh Festival and Vancouver Art Gallery, the genre-bending work merges dance, new media, and video with immersive sound resonators
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Belgium’s Chaliwaté and Focus Company joined forces to create the fantastical nonverbal production
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Workshops will be facilitated by Majula Drammeh and Adam Grant Warren at the Scotiabank Dance Centre
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PuSh Festival opener explores a dance between humans and the industrial waste they leave behind
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Rising stars like Nasiv Kaur Sall mix with veterans of the form, as event adds two more late-night shows at Please! Beverage Co.
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