The World Circus and Stories Mapping Project: A conversation with international moderators

Concordia’s Circus research team, led by Patrick Leroux (Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Arts and Science and a Professor in both the Department of English and Département d’études françaises), has created a new online mapping platform and project. Officially launching during Montréal Complètement Cirque’s virtual international marketplace industry event (MICC) on July 8^th, the new open-source, interactive platform invites performers from the circus community around the world to share and map their contemporary circus stories, historical stories about particular circus sites, and COVID-19 related stories.

Join us at Virtual 4^TH SPACE on July 9 at 3:30 p.m., 24-hours into the launch, to connect with the Circus research team and international moderators from Canada, the USA, France, England, Mexico, Brazil, and other countries, as they review and share emerging storytelling trends on the new mapping platform. Want to participate and submit to the map, but have questions? This is your chance to check-in with the team and hear more about this evolving and timely memory-mapping project! Ready to submit your story? Fill out this form, and join us on July 9 to share it live on Zoom!

How can you participate? Register for our Zoom event here. You can also follow along through a live-stream on 4^TH SPACE’s Facebook page. 

Have questions? Email us at info.4@concordia.ca. 

MODERATORS:

Louis Patrick Leroux, Professor, English; Professeur titulaire, Études françaises; Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Arts and Science, Concordia University

Sébastien Caquard, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director (MENV), Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University

Anna Vigeland, M.A. Candidate, INDI Program, Concordia University; Adjointe à la programmation et à la formation continue, En piste

Roy Gomez Cruz, PhD Candidate, Performance Studies, Northwestern University

Lua Barreto, Doctoral Candidate, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Tracy Yin Zhang, Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema

Magali Sizorn, Université de Rouen