Cirque Éloize is Shooting its Very First Web Film
“With the pandemic having forced the cancellation of all its shows, Cirque Éloize was looking for a way to bring some joy into the lives of its artists and the public. Now, the Quebec-based company will offer its very first web film during the holiday season: Sept moments de joie.” Sept moments de joie will […]
Personalized 12-Week At-Home Training Program for Aerial Artists
Members of the Circus for Change group, Aaron Koz, Max March-Steinman, and Bethany Shao, have created an online guide for aerial artists to build a personalized 12-week circus training program to achieve their fitness goals at home. This e-manual, titled From Couch to Aerial Fitness, contains over a hundred different exercise videos, advice on how […]
Montréal-Nord Moves towards Individual and Collective Cultural Citizenship
“The borough of Montréal-Nord today launched its Cultural Development Plan 2021-2025 ̶ Towards Individual and Collective Cultural Citizenship, a document that recognizes culture as a source of individual fulfillment, a channel for social transformation, and a driver of urban development.” Read the press release. Consult Montréal-Nord’s Cultural Development Plan 2021-2025.
An Ambitious Partnership to Boost Culture in Quebec City
“To showcase performing arts and digital arts in Quebec City and beyond—this is the purpose of the ambitious partnership that the Grand Théâtre de Québec and TELUS are proud to announce today. The agreement, which spans a 10-year period, represents an investment of over $5 million directly into the cultural development of the Capitale-Nationale.” Read […]
Action Plan to Strengthen Cultural and Creative Industries in Montreal
During the Strategic Forum on Cultural and Creative Industries, held on November 30, 2020, at the Palais des congrès de Montréal as part of the Relançons MTL movement, driven by the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal and its partners, many partners from the cultural and creative industries identified significant challenges exacerbated by the pandemic. […]
France and Quebec Unveil a Joint Strategy for the Online Discoverability of Francophone Cultural Content
“While access to online cultural content is currently concentrated on a few major international platforms, France and Quebec reaffirm their commitment to cultural diversity and to the place national cultures must occupy in the digital environment.” Launched by the President of the French Republic, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, and the Premier of Quebec, Mr. François Legault, […]
Call for Collective Participation QUEBEC EN Scène
Each year, CINARS organizes a series of collective participations at international events under the QUEBEC EN SCÈNE banner. These activities aim to promote Quebec productions abroad and to foster significant meetings with international programmers. The organization of a shared virtual booth and professional activities allows agents and representatives of Quebec companies to attend markets at […]
Call for Applications: Research Ethics Committee
The National Circus School of Montreal and its research center (CRITAC) are establishing a Research Ethics Committee (REC). As part of this committee, they wish to recruit a community member with no affiliation to the School. Participation as a REC member is voluntary and unpaid, for a duration of one to three years. Interested individualsmust […]
Call for Projects for the 2021 Summer Outdoor Program
TOHU is seeking short circus shows and acts, already created or in development, as well as proposals for circus entertainment for its outdoor program from May to August 2021. Performances could take place outdoors during the MONTRÉAL COMPLÈTEMENT CiRQUE festival, at Frédéric Back Park, during the Falla de Saint Michel, and/or in various Montreal neighborhoods. […]
Call for Proposals for a Symposium on Cultural Initiatives in Quebec
Since March 13, 2020, the Interuniversity Research Centre on Quebec Literature and Culture (CRILCQ) has initiated a survey of cultural initiatives implemented by groups and individuals from Quebec in response to the COVID-19 crisis. To date, the project has identified 1,513 initiatives involving 6,014 individuals and 952 organizations or collectives. They will organize a symposium […]