Cirqiniq: The decolonising of Social Circus in Nunavik

• Published in: Theatre, Dance and Performance Training
• Main Authors: Lavers, Katie, Burtt, Jon, Bochud, Emmanuel
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia 2022
• Subjects: agency; decolonisation; first nations; Inuit; social circus; Arts and Humanities; Theatre and Performance Studies; Arctic; Nunavik; Canada; Qallunaat; Turnabout; First Nations; inuit
• Online Access: https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks2022-2026/879; https://doi.org/10.1080/19443927.2022.2052174

This writing sets out to explore the Social Circus program in Nunavik in the Arctic in Far North Canada which in various forms has now been running for nearly twenty years. The initial program begun by Cirque du Soleil in 2002 had little uptake by the Inuit. There was a lack of community support and...