Social circus in the Arctic:cultivating resilience

• Published in: Journal of Arts & Communities
• Main Authors: Lavers, Katie, Burtt, Jon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: social circus; Inuit; Cirqiniq; Cirque du Monde; Quebec; Nunavik; /dk/atira/pure/mqoutputs/19; C2 - Non-refereed Article in a Refereed Journal; Arctic; Hudson Bay; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Ungava Bay; inuit
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/c43e7ad8-b9cd-4a16-bab7-f1275a0eb912; https://doi.org/10.1386/jaac.7.3.125_1

Between 2010 and 2013, social circus instructor Jon Burtt worked on a number of social circus projects in the Arctic and the sub-Arctic in the far north of Quebec in Nunavik, a semi-autonomous region with Inuit communities dotted around the Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay coasts. In this in...