Join Guillaume Ittukssarjuat Saladin for an afternoon workshop of hand-to-hand acrobatics! Experience the transformative power of circus art in action…

ARTCIRQ is a community-based circus and multimedia company based in Igloolik, Nunavut (Canada). Founded following a series of tragic youth suicides in the community, the goals and objectives of the group are to:

1. Introduce Inuit to circus arts; 2. Use the roots of traditional Inuit culture (acrobatics, juggling, clown) to relate with the techniques of modern circus; 3. Give young Inuit access to universal communication vehicles offered by circus arts, to bridge the gap between the different generations and cultures; 4. Promote spiritual and body self-expression while enhancing self-esteem of participants; 5. Deliver orientation workshops on circus arts in the village of Igloolik; 6. Create and present live performances with the young people of the village and the artists of Montreal, in partnership with Cirque Eloize; 7. Videotape the whole experience and to produce short films in collaboration with Igloolik Isuma Production; 8. Cooperate with the Youth Group of Igloolik in order to prevent suicide by increasing the communication tools within youth, a communication often limited by a lack of resources. 9. Increase awareness on global environnemental issues, especially on Arctic’s climate warming and its impacts on communities, in partnership with Globaïa.