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Pressure to graduate and “hit the ground running” is part of why students are involved in circus-like contortion. Lightning rips through the clouds over a circus tent in Glen Allen, Va. in 1999. (AP Photo/ Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dean Hoffmeyer)

To survive today’s economy, university students are using circus‑like tactics

Alison Taylor, University of British Columbia

Juggling, sword swallowing, contorting: What I heard in interviews and research with students studying and working to get ahead shaped using circus arts metaphors to understand and analyze their experiences.
The O d'écH2osystème is a wheel four meters in diameter that can be attached by crane to the deck of a ship, a wharf or the banks of the small and large municipalities along the shores of the St. Lawrence River. (Geneviève Dupéré)

Exploring the St. Lawrence River through the performing arts

Geneviève Dupéré, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

This article crosses from the river to the stage, to explore the St. Lawrence at the meeting point of marine and freshwater sciences, the fishing, maritime and port industries, and the circus arts.
Researchers found that circus activities improve movement competencies, confidence and motivation. (© Marie-Andrée Lemire, École nationale de cirque, 2019)

Taking the circus to school: How kids benefit from learning trapeze, juggling and unicycle in gym class

Marion Cossin, Université de Montréal

Teaching circus arts — from juggling to trapeze — in physical education classes increased children’s physical literacy, resilience and participation, ​with greater gender equity.

Related Topics

  1. Circa
  2. Circus
  3. Fitness
  4. International students
  5. Late capitalism
  6. Performing
  7. QPAC
  8. Self-esteem
  9. Youth employment

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