Circus Through the Digital Lens
SYMPOSIUM 2021

Monday, September 27, 2021
Information Sessions on Funding & Resources
11:00am - 12:50pm
Presented by En Piste
Come meet and learn more about how your ideas and projects can be supported by the ArtsNL and Canadian Heritage. Take also a moment to connect with En Piste, the national circus arts alliance who will share
inspiring projects for the circus community.
Creating New Stages
1:00pm - 1:50pm
Featuring: Holly Treddnick, Annie Dugan, Karine Lavoie, Vanessa Furlong
Moderated by Ruth Wikler
With the return to normalcy in sight, artists reflect on what this past year taught them and what lessons they will apply to their craft moving forward. From embracing the art of the pivot to harnessing new technologies and ways to radically collaborate, the way performers connect with audiences, and one another, has been altered in many ways. Our panelists reveal what will emerge in this next stage.
LUNCH
2:00pm - 3:00pm
(Battery Cafe or Bannerman Brewery)
MICC Canadian Working Group Meeting **Presenters Only**
3:00pm - 3:50pm
Hosted by Anahareo Doelle & Nick Beach
The MICC Canadian Working Group provides a safe space for presenters to talk about presenting planning for contemporary circus. This is done through building routing groups for tours and helping presenters overcome challenges that enable more contemporary circus touring across Canada.
Digital Literacy for Arts Organizations
4:00pm - 4:50pm
Hosted by Ian Campbell
Even as more and more activities return to in-person, building digital literacy will remain vital for performing arts organizations in terms of both process and products! Wonderbolt Productions Digital Literacy Consultant Ian Campbell looks at why this will be so vital and how artists and organizations of all ages and stages can grow their digital literacy to better collaborate with each other and serve their audiences.
(All times are in NDT)
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Morning Yoga with Guin
10:00am - 11:00am
Social Circus Round Table
11:00am - 12:00pm
Presented by Halifax Circus
Participants take part in a roundtable discussion about what social circus work they are doing right now, and how (or if) digital tools are helping to facilitate that.