Arts Rational

Today, Arts Rational host Gerry Kowalenko talks to Jason Dubois, Managing Director of the PuSH International Performing Arts Festival.

Recent years have brought an increased demand for more diversity in front of, and behind, the camera. Industry insiders are starting to meet that demand. One such service is Collective Bunch, formed just this year. Collective Bunch puts together the talent with the producers who need them. Arts Rational member James Mainguy recently spoke with Collective Bunch's founder Jason Mackay.

Arts Rational Gerry Kowalenko talks with contemporary dance company Co.ERASGA's artistic director and choreographer Alvin Tolentino.

"In honour and celebration of Co.ERASGA's 20th anniversary season, the company presents Offering, created by acclaimed choreographer and Artistic Director Alvin Erasga Tolentino. This collection of solo works, performed by 6 of Vancouver's finest and diverse dancers, aspires to honour the living practice of Dance and Dancing and the challenges of keeping this art-form alive during this extraordinary time of the pandemic crisis and isolation."

More information:
https://companyerasgadance.ca/

Arts Rational Gerry Kowalenko talks with Vancouver comedian, Kyle Berger (co-producer of Rise of the Comics and last seen by Chutzpah! audiences with Shticks & Giggles).

He opens the Closing Night Comedy show as he hosts local stand-up comedy favourites including, Joey Commisso and Julie Kim. Following by a hilarious second half hosted by Iris Bahr and headliners, The El-Salomons.

More info:
https://www.chutzpahfestival.com/event/closing-night-comedy

Arts Rational Gerry Kowalenko talks with Idan Cohen about his new contemporary dance piece 'Hourglass' created as part of the Chutzpah! Festival's Creative Residency Program at the Rothstein Theatre. The premiere will take place on November 25th, online or at the Norman Rothstein Theatre.

More info:
https://www.chutzpahfestival.com/event/hourglass

Chutzpah! Festival of international Jewish performing arts returns in 2020 with an exciting lineup of performances and stimulating conversations.

Programming is available online with select performances available to attend in person at the in a special, intimate setting.

Chutzpah! Festival of international Jewish performing arts returns in 2020 with an exciting lineup of performances and stimulating conversations.

Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Artistic Managing Director Jessica Mann Gutteridge.

Programming is available online with select performances available to attend in person at the in a special, intimate setting.

https://www.chutzpahfestival.com/

Arts Rational Gerry Kowalenko talks with Shaun Inouye, Operations & Programming Associate
at the Cinematheque, about the 2020's European Union Film Festival.

27 films. 27 countries. One virtual festival.

"For years we’ve tagged the European Union Film Festival in Vancouver as “Europe without the jet lag.” And now film lovers don’t even have to take off from the couch or fly out the front door! In response to the ongoing realities of COVID-19, The Cinematheque, in partnership with festival presenters in Ottawa and Toronto, has moved the 2020 edition of the EUFF online! From November 13 to 29, join us (virtually) for the first-ever Canada-wide European Union Film Festival, featuring 27 recent films from 27 EU member states. Each film will be “live” online for a 48-hour period; some will be supplemented with exclusive filmmaker interviews and introductions. All films will be presented in their original languages, with English (and, in some cases, French) subtitles available."

For more info:
https://thecinematheque.ca/series/european-union-film-festival-2020

Co-op Radio's James Mainguy talks with sculptor Tanis Saxby who participates in this year's Eastside Culture Crawl.

"Smooth and sensitive, Saxby's sculptures evoke sensuality, a burning desire, a flame, which will go on for eternity." Angie kordic. Widewalls Art Magazine, Italy/U.K.

For more info:
https://culturecrawl.ca/artist/2373
https://www.tanissaxby.com/

Co-op Radio James Mainguy talks with drawer and painter Victor Goertz who participates in this year's Eastside Culture Crawl.

A lifetime love of the wild places of the world has taken Victor on trips to explore the land with camera, pastels and sketchbook, traveling to the Clayoquot, Carmanah, Walbran, Stein Valley, Okanagan and other unique places and ancient forests. and then returning to his studio to develop those explorations into paintings.

More info:
https://culturecrawl.ca/artist/1436
https://victorgoertz.com/

Co-op Radio James Mainguy talks with painter David Tycho who is participating in this year's Eastside Culture Crawl.

Since graduating from UBC -- where is studied under renowned Canadian artist Gordon Smith -- in 1983, David has explored numerous styles and themes, and his work has straddled the genres of abstraction and representation, at times more experimental and intuitive and at other times more reflective of his surroundings. His inspiration and subjects are varied, ranging from urban sprawl and pristine wilderness areas, to the people he encounters along the way.

More info:
https://culturecrawl.ca/artist/2782
https://www.tychoart.com/