BIO

Marie-Andrée Robitaille is a multidisciplinary artist, pedagogue, producer, and researcher with a PhD in Fine Arts in Performative and Media-Based Practices, specializing in choreography, from Stockholm University of the Arts (2024). She brings extensive experience as a professional artist, project manager, and educator in the performing arts and higher education.

She studied  in human sciences, alongside dance training at École de Danse de Québec and circus arts training at the National Circus School in Montréal, Canada. Since 1998, Robitaille has worked as a performer, teacher, head of studies and administrator, with Cirkus Cirkör in Sweden. From 2007 to 2009, she served as a talent scout for Cirque du Soleil’s casting team. Between 2009 and 2018, she held the position of Assistant Professor of Circus and was the artistic leader and administrative head of the Circus Bachelor’s Programme at Stockholm University of the Arts (formerly DOCH) in Sweden.

Currently, Robitaille is the coordinator of the Baltic Nordic Circus Network and serves as the artistic leader and producer at CirkusPerspektiv Sweden, where she continues to contribute to the development of circus arts in Sweden and internationally.