Projects

Confidential industrial projects — applied research, transfer and training

Duration: 2017-2022 (second cycle of the research chair)
Description: N/A
Partners: Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Éloize, The 7 Fingers, Machine de Cirque
Collaborators: N/A
Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Expected results: design of unique and innovative circus acts (several projects in progress).

Confidential industrial projects — applied research, transfer and training

Development of a mini HD camera that can be inserted into stage costumes with the 7 Fingers;

Validation of sleep quality measurement tools

Duration: Since 2015 (ongoing project)
Description: project aimed at a better understanding of the impacts of sleep on the performance of circus artists.
Partners: University of Manitoba
Collaborators/researchers: Dean Kriellaars, Adam Decker
Funder: SSHRC
Results: submission of a doctoral thesis in September 2018.

Development of a questionnaire measuring anxiety-provoking phenomena and their impact on circus artists

Duration: Since 2015 (ongoing project)
Description: project aiming to better understand the impact of anxiety-provoking phenomena on the performance of circus artists
Partners: University of Manitoba and Laval University
Co-researchers: Dean Kriellaars, Sarah Travis and Richard Fleet
Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Results: Functional Questionnaire

Improvement of the analysis of the etiology and mechanisms of injury in the practice of circus arts

Duration: Since 2013 (ongoing project)
Description: project aimed at developing a method for analyzing the phenomenon
Partners: University of Manitoba, University of Montreal, Laval University
Co-researchers: Raphaëlle Creniault, François Prince, Dean Kriellaars, Éric Deschênes, Richard Fleet
Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Ministry of Education and Ministry of Higher Education
Result: master’s thesis.

Introduction to the practice of circus arts and evaluation of its effects on physical literacy, creativity and resilience

Duration: 2015-2018
Description: project on the effects of an introduction to the practice of circus arts on the development of physical literacy, creativity and resilience of young participants
Project Director: Patrice Aubertin
Partners: Cirque du Soleil, CLIPP, University of Manitoba, University of Alberta, Concordia University, Resilience Research Center at Dalhousie University, Quebec Gymnastics Federation, Parkland School Division
Co-researchers: Dean Kriellaars, Doug Klein, Patrick Leroux, Michael Ungar
Collaborators: Felicia Ochs, Stéphanie Taillon, David Simard, Guy Lavoie, Sergei Kimvi, Isabelle Tremblay
Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Expected results: This project aims to develop a complete cycle of action, knowledge development and mobilization. | In addition to publications and a new portal to come, this project has enabled the development of a tool for assessing physical literacy, resilience and creativity in a social and school circus context.

Dramaturgy(ies) of the body, the object and interdisciplinarity in contemporary Quebec circus

Duration: 2015-2018
Description: Research-creation aimed at understanding the modes and strategies of scenic writing in the circus field and better understanding its notation, modeling and transmission.
Partners: Concordia University
Funders: FQRSC (Quebec Fund for Research on Society and Culture)
Expected results: conference | The development of a conceptual framework for dramaturgy in circus arts | Improving the processes for evaluating and analyzing artistic performance in the circus.

Development of cultural mediation tools relating to the history of circus arts

Duration: April to December 2018
Description: Produce educational files on the history of circus arts for 2nd cycle primary and 1st cycle secondary schools in order to promote knowledge and practice of circus arts in Canada.
Partners: University of Montreal — Department of History
Project Director: Anna-Karyna Barlati
History Department team — 2nd cycle: Célia Destemberg
Expected results: Bibliographic identification | Writing of an educational file for the 2nd cycle of primary level | Writing of an educational file for the 1st cycle of secondary school level.