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Phone: +46 76318180
Citizenship: Canadian, Swedish Languages: French, English, Swedish
Marie Andrée Robitaille
Current work
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2024-
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2011-
Coordinator Baltic Nordic Circus Network
Founder and artistic leader, CirkusPerspektiv, AB Sweden
Previous positions and periods of appointment
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2019-2024
PhD Candidate in Performative and Mediated Practices with specialisation in Choreography, Circus department at Stockholm University of the Arts SKH, Sweden.
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2014-2018
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2009-2014
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2007-2009
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2006-2007
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2003-2005
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1998-2003
Assistant professor in circus, head of bachelor of arts in circus at
SKH, Stockholm, Sweden.
Management, administration, Pedagogy, Artistic direction
Assistant Professor in Circus, head of artistic studies, bachelor programme in circus, SKH, Stockholm, Sweden.
Talent scout, casting department, Cirque du Soleil, Quebec, Canada.
Sourcing, recruiting and casting for International and large-scale circus production
Operating agent, Service de police de la ville de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Administrative positions to support police operations. Data acquisition, messages switching, investigation.
Pedagogical and artistic director cirkus gymnasium estetika programmet-ny cirkus, S :T Botvids gymnasium, Cirkus Cirkör, Sweden.
Management.
Circus artist, Cirkus Cirkör: SuperCirkör 98, 00 :00, TRIX, touring 26 countries.
Other professionnal activities
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2018
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2017
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2017
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2011
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2009
Work-shop leader: Human in Circus, Circus Session, femmes du Feu, Harbourg front Theater, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Adviser: gender in circus, Swedish Art Council, Sweden.
Adviser: Cirque du Soleil and International Perspective in Circus Art, Swedish Art Council, Sweden.
Founder and art director: CirkusPerspektiv, Sweden.
Casting Partner: Cirque du Soleil, Canada.
Education & Degrees
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2017
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2017
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2015
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2012
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2007
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2006
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1995-1998
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1992-1998
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1992-1998
Research Methods for Curators and Artists, curational studies online, NODE Center, Berlin.
Tri-Council Policy Statement, ethical conduct for research involving humans, course on research ethics
TCPS 2: Core, Canadian panel of Ethics, Canada.
Introduction to research design in Circus ht15, Circus department, Stockholm University of the Arts
SKH, Sweden.
UP2 Pedagogy at University level, Teaching in the disciplines, Stockholm University. Stockholm,
Sweden.
Project Management methodologies, CPM Ingenierie, CDS, Montreal, Canada.
Police Service, Montreal, Canadian Certification, Information agent and operator, Montreal, Canada
Higher education studies in Circus Arts, National circus school, Montreal, Canada.
Professional studies in modern dance, Ecole de danse de Québec, Québec, Canada.
Human Sciences, DEC, CEGEP de Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada.
Ongoing Research Projects
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2019
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2017-2019
Circus as Dialogue, PhD project in performative and mediated practices at Stockholm University of the Arts SKH, Sweden.
Hidden Circus, a study on sensation and senses of perception, (Interactive modes of composition in circus arts) Stockholm University of the Arts SKH, Sweden.
Previous Research Projects
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2017-2019
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2013-2014
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2011
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2010
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2006
Sound of Circus, Mode of sonic interraction in circus arts, SKH, Stockholm, Sweden.
The agency of women in circus, feminist strategies in circus composition
Stockholm University of the Arts SKH, Stockholm, Sweden.
Learning the methods of teaching the methods of artistic research, Colloquium on artistic research in
performing arts
Theatre academy Helsinki, Finland.
Research on immersive technological environment in circus performance, TOHU, La Cité des Arts du
Cirque and in collaboration with Society for Arts and Technology SAT, Montreal, Canada.
Publications (Peer-reviewed articles)
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2014
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2010
Maurizio Goina, Marie Andree Robitaille, Roberto Bresin
Interactive sonification in circus performance at Uniarts and KTH: ongoing research
Proceedings of the sound and music computing Sweden Conference
2014 Ludvig Elblaus, Maurizio Goina, Marie Andree Robitaille, Roberto Bresin
Modes of sonic interaction in circus - Three proofs of concept
Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014
11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014
Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos | conference-paper.
2010 Damkjaer, Robitaille (2010) Learning the Method of Teaching the Methods of Artistic Research p.135
Artistic Research in action: proceedings of CARPA 2- colloquium on artistic research in performing arts
Arlander, Teatterikorkeakoulu / Teaterhögskolan / Theatre Academy Helsinki, 2010.
Showings/Expositions
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2019
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2019
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2018
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2015
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2014
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2014
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2014
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2014
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2013
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2013
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2013
Eco-Circus_Music and Circus in Dialogue_Festival Total Stage, School of Bauhaus, Germany.
Eco-Circus_Music and Circus in Dialogue_Stockholm University of the Arts, Sweden.
Hidden Circus_Alliances and Commonalities Conference, Stockholm University of the Arts, Sweden.
Eco-Circus_Human in Circus_ Circus Sessions, femmes du feu, Toronto Harbourg Front Theater,
Toronto, Canada.
Hidden Circus_ Science faction, a study on sensations and senses of perception in circus arts
SKH, Sound and Music Computing group at the Department of Media technology and interaction design, KTH Royal Institute of technology, Dômes of Vision, Nordic Innovativ Juggling, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sound Fiction: https://vimeo.com/233954455
Gynoïdes-Circus Female Intelligentsia, (Summary project: representation of women in circus + sound of circus, sonic modes of compositions in circus arts) Riksteatern, Cirkör LAB, Orionteatern, Uniarts, Stockholm, Sweden.
Full lenght performance: https://vimeo.com/157478949 (Password: Androides)
Press, documentation
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xx3mw03gklnlkak/AADqh7D40DpMrCkWln8mblj4a?dl=0 Acoustic Acrobatics: https://vimeo.com/240357172
Gynoïdes project, Bêta Test XI, SKH, Stockholm, AHA Festival at the Department of Architecture Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.
Gynoïdes Project VIII, SKH, UNIARTS, Stockholm, Subtopia, Botkyrka, Sweden. Visual art work https://vimeo.com/124519427
Gynoïdes Project, Sonic interaction in circus , Tacit or Loud Symposium and Festival : where is the knowledge in art? Symposium and festival for artistic research in the section "Whose knowledge? A critical perspective on knowledge production in the arts ».
http://www.teatrweimar.se/tacitorloud/
Gynoïdes Project , project summary, Seminar Concept and composition, Uniarts, Stockholm, Sweden.
Gynoïdes Project -Bêta Test VII, Sound of Circus, live composition, sonic interaction at Women in
Circus Consortium 2nd edition, SKH, Stockholm, Sweden.
Gynoïdes project, The 40th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) joint with the 11th
Sound & Music Computing conference (SMC). "Music Technology meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos ». Athens, Greece.
Visual Art work https://vimeo.com/124212306
Bêta Test VI, Modes of Sonic Interaction in Circus, Women in Circus Consortium 1st edition, SKH, Cirkör LAB Botkyrka, Sound and Music Computing Group at KTH, KTH R1 Experimental Performance Space & Presence Laboratory , Stockholm, Sweden.
Sonified Wheel Cyborg Acrobat Cyborg Lights
https://vimeo.com/87856666 https://vimeo.com/88395101 https://vimeo.com/87856667
Gynoïdes Project BêtaTest V , SKH, Festival Pisteurs D’étoiles, Obernai, France. HulaHoop enhanced / sonified http://vimeo.com/89199084
Aerial Hoop Sonified http://vimeo.com/89203380
Gynoïdes Project Bêta Test IV , Accoustic capture of the sound, sound embodiement, SKH Stockholm, Sweden.
Acoustic capture of the movement https://vimeo.com/54896070
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2012
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2010
Gynoïdes Project Bêta Test III Feminin public space, Gynoïdes circularity, SKH, Kulturfestivalen Stockholm, Sweden.
Extract performance http://vimeo.com/51896098#at=0
Closing Acts, circus composition, graduation show, Bachelor of Art in Circus SKH, Sweden.
Visual Art Work https://vimeo.com/59894641
Gynoïdes Project Bêta Test II, Feminist strategies in circus choreographies, circus apparatus as corporal extension, Festival Elles en rient encore, Theatre International de quartier, le Prato, Lille, France.
Gynoïdes Project Bêta Test I, Representation of women in circus, toward feminine choreographies
and spaces, Festival La Piste aux Espoirs, Tournai, Belgique.
Closing Acts, circus composition, graduation show, Bachelor of Art in Circus SKH, Sweden.
Production/Curation work
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2019
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2017-2019
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2014
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2013
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2010, 12, 14, 16
Women in Circus Consortium_5th edition, CircusInfo Helsinki, Finland.
Women in Circus Consortium_4th edition, Dynamo Festival, Odense, Danemark.
Pre-Study Circus Perspectives Innovation Center commissionned by The City of Stockholm, Sweden. 2018 Women in Circus Consortium, third edition, in collaboration with Cirkus Cirkör SWE
Nordic Innovative Juggling, CirkusPerspektiv, Nordic Regions.
Women in Circus Network, CirkusPerspektiv, Nordic Regions.
Women in Circus Consortium, second edition, DOCH, Uniarts, KTH R1, Stockholm, Sweden.
Women in Circus Consortium, first edition, Cirkör LAB, DOCH, Stockholm, Sweden.
Closing Acts, graduation show, Bachelor of Art in Circus DOCH, Sweden.
Public artistic work (selected performing work)
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2004
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2000-2002
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1999-2000
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1998
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1998
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1995
Danses Circassiennes, PPS Danse, Montreal, Canada. Melodie Festival, Umeå, Sweden.
Les Choix de Sophie, le spécial Odyssée du Livre, Québec, Canada.
Trix, Cirkus Cirkör and Orionteatern, Sweden, World tour.
Europe MTV Awards, Cikör Event, Sweden.
Telia, Cirkör Event, Sweden.
00:00, Cirkus Cirkör, Scandinavia and European tour.
SuperCirkör98, Cirkus Cirkör, Sweden.
General Motor Show, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Canada. 1997 Cirque du Monde, Montreal, Canada.
Fascination, Alain Choquette and ENC, Forum, Montreal, Canada.
Professional Stunt (selected works)
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2003
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2001
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1997
Tosca, Norrlandsoperan, Umea, Sweden.
Sylphyden, Oestregasveark teatern, Danemark.
Karmina, Luxfilm, Montreal, Canada.
Popular lectures
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2019
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2017
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2018
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2014
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2013
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2012
Representation and agency of Women in Circus _Book Fair, Forskartorget Bokmässan Göteborg, Sweden
Representation and agency of Women in Circus_ Circus and it’s others conference, Prague, Tchèque Republic
Pedagogy and Circus Aesthetics, Festival Génération cirque, Théatre Cirque Elbeuf, France.
The Re-presentation of Women in Circus, Women in Circus Consortium, Stockholm, Sweden.
Tribute to Phia Menard, Women in Swedish Performing Arts, Sweden.
Memberships, Merits & Social Engagement
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2019
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2019
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2018
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2016-2017
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2014-2015
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2013-2014
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2013-2014
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2012-2013
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2011-2015
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2011
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2010-2011
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2010
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2007
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2006
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2003
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2004-2005
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2002
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1988-1993
Member of Manegen board, Sweden, Manegen promotes the professionnal circus artists in Sweden.
Member of the organisational Board, CARP, Circus Art Research Platform
Member of the Circus and it’s Others Research Group, Brock University Ontario, Canada
Awarded grant by Stockholm County Council, the City of Stockholm, Swedish Art Grant Committee,
Swedish Art Council, Nordic Culture Point, Nordic Kulturfund for ECO-CIRCUS project
Awarded grant by the City of Stockholm, Swedish Art Grant Committee, Swedish Art Council, Cana-
dian Council for the Arts, Canadian Council for the Art for Gynoïdes Project
Member FEDEC, Focus group applied research initiatives in teaching, education, creation in circus
Curator, Women in circus consortium, Stockholm, Sweden.
Awarded grant by the City of Stockholm, Swedish Art council, Stockholm County Council. Swedish Art
Grant Committe.
Member of Manegen board, Sweden, Manegen promotes the professionnal circus artists in
Sweden.
Jury member, 27th edition of Golden circus festival, Rome, Italy, International circus competition
Member of KUFU Board, University of dance and circus, Stockholm, Sweden.
Kufu-Board initiates, operates and provides support for artistic development
Member the artistic board, Vice-Chancellor’s reference group on artistic vision, DOCH, Stockholm,
Sweden.
Jury member, 28th edition of Cegep en spectacle, Montréal, Canada, Canada.
Awarded grant by Le Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, Québec, Canada.
Member of En piste, regroupement national des arts du cirque, Montréal, Canada.
Education board member of Cirkus Cirkör, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jury member of Stockholm street, sports and arts championship, Sweden.
Multiple national and regional champion titles in tracks and field and cross-country
Club Triaste, university Laval, Quebec, Canada
Press (Selected Press)
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2016
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2014
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2013