PuSh International Performing Arts Festival announces departure of Jason Dubois from leadership team

Organization’s former managing director had led PuSh with Gabrielle Martin and Margo Kane

THE PUSH INTERNATIONAL Performing Arts Festival has announced that Jason Dubois will be leaving the organization’s collaborative leadership team after about two-and-a-half years.

Dubois joined the PuSh staff in October 2019 as managing director, overseeing the 2020 fest that closed three weeks before lockdown began. In the past year, he took part in the organization’s structural overhaul, becoming part of a three-person collaborative leadership team that includes Gabrielle Martin and Margo Kane.

Dubois is an arts manager who has been working in performing arts creation, presentation, and touring for more than 20 years. Among other work, he has served as production and tour manager for Kidd Pivot, Wen Wei Dance, Lola Dance, The Holy Body Tattoo, and others. He was the executive director of Dance Victoria, producing director for the Canada Dance Festival 2016 and 2017, festival manager for the National Arts Centre’s Canada Scene, production manager for Vancouver New Music, and associate producer for the Dance Centre’s Dance In Vancouver.

“Jason's dedication to PuSh, and its mandate to present exemplary arts practice, has been greatly appreciated,” board president Camyar Chai said in the press announcement today. “As a leader in the organization, he showed great resilience through challenging times. His contributions have been integral to the organization and the transition it is going through. His work will have a lasting effect on the ongoing success of the Festival.”

Dubois helped to oversee a well-attended 2022 festival of in-person shows this winter.

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