Marie-Andree Robitaille

Marie-Andrée Robitaille is a circus artist, pedagogue and researcher. She studied in human sciences while training as a dancer at École de Danse de Québec and as a circus artist at the National Circus School in Montréal, Canada. Since 1998, Marie-Andrée has worked as a performer, choreographer and director, teacher, curator and producer with among others Cirkus Cirkör, Cirque du Soleil and CirkusPerspektiv. From 2009 to 2018, she was assistant professor of circus and the artistic leader and head of the bachelor’s degree in circus at Stockholm University of the Arts. At SKH, she conducted a series of artistic research projects: Gynoïdes Project, on the representation and agency of women in circus; Sound of Circus, on modes of sonic interaction; Hidden Circus, on the development of sensing practices. Her research interests encompass circus epistemic potential, choreography, composition, performative and kinetic new materialisms, posthuman ethics, embodiment, and transdisciplinarity. Her pedagogical and artistic research projects are dedicated to the development of experimental zones of practices within the field of circus arts and beyond.