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Artcirq

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14 January 2001

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Artcirq.

Working and training together over the course of two summers, a group of students from Montreal's National Circus School and local Inuit youth from Igloolik produce a unique circus performance which marries Inuit traditions with classic elements of the Big Top. Written, produced and performed by Igloolik Isuma's and NITV's Inuusiq Youth Group, which later became the world-renowned Artcirq, the world's first Inuit Circus.

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