In his piece, 100 Keyboards, Japanese sound artist ASUNA will take battery-powered, analogue keyboards and use them to create waves of overlapping notes at Russian Hall in Vancouver on Jan. 19 as part of the 2019 edition of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.
The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival celebrates its 15th annual edition, Jan. 17 to Feb. 3, 2019, at various venues across the Lower Mainland, featuring 26 works from 24 companies from 13 countries - including six world premieres.
The six world premiere performances will be presented by contemporary dance organization Company 605; boundary-breaking dance company MACHiNENOiSY; composer and musical director Joelysa Pankanea; Dora Award-winning dub poet and actor D’BI; the performers of Kimmortal & Immigrant Lessons; and Guatemalan performance artist Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa. Almost half of the program — 11 performances — will be Canadian premieres, including a suite of three sound-based works from Japan by ASUNA, Marginal Consort, and Tetsuya Umeda; Dancenorth Australia featuring music from Indonesian band Senyawa; and a solo piece from Taiwanese choreographer Liu Kuan-Hsiang.
PuSh Passes and tickets for the 2019 PuSh Festival are on sale at pushfestival.ca.
