Left of PuSh is a platform for showing experiments-in-process + tour ready performance by local artists, running alongside the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.

Tara Cheyenne Performance + Kate Franklin
January 30 & 31 at 10:30 am

plastic orchid factory + TWObigsteps collective
January 26 at 4pm
January 27 at 7pm

by donation at the door only
bar + snacks available
box office opens 1 hour prior to event time


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JANUARY 26 AT 4PM and JANUARY 27 AT 7PM

PLASTIC ORCHID FACTORY - IN TRADUCTION [LE MANIFESTE]

Concept and performance: Evann Siebens and Natalie LeFebvre Gnam
Media: Evann Siebens
Choreography: Natalie LeFebvre Gnam
Technical Direction: James Gnam

Media and dance coexist to frame an exploration on translation. A live and archival performance about images that change into other images and about images that change meaning when they stay the same.

TWOBIGSTEPS COLLECTIVE - RAVEL

Choreography: David Harvey
Performance: Katie Cassady, Stéphanie Cyr, Sarah Formosa, Andrew Haydock, Eden Soloman, Marissa Wong, Marisa Christogeorge (original cast), Matisse Maitland (apprentice)
Sound Composition: Andrew JS
Rehearsal Direction: Amber Funk Barton

Ravel is a durational piece in which the dancers attempt to deconstruct and unravel a limited movement vocabulary. highly physical and detailed choreography act as a foundation for the dancers to dismantle the movement material, as well as self-imposed confinements of identity.

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JANUARY 30 & 31 AT 10:30AM

TARA CHEYENNE PERFORMANCE - I CAN’T REMEMBER THE WORD FOR I CAN’T REMEMBER

Creation and performance: Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg
Direction: John Murphy
Movement direction: Justine A Chambers
Music: Marc Stewart
Lighting design: James Proudfoot

A woman and her pre-sapiens self, ask an audience to help her remember what she was talking about, and where she put those things she can’t remember.

VALERIE CALAM + KATE FRANKLIN - GOTTA GO CHURCH

Choreography: Company Vice Versa/Valerie Calam in collaboration with Kate Franklin
Sound: Paul Shepherd
Original Lighting: Simon Rossiter

What lies beneath the surface affects the surface—no fantasy—embodiment. in this award winning solo, church is a verb!



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Left of Main is accessible by stairs. If you need assistance, please contact us. We are a scent free space, with gender neutral washroom.