A Booker Prize-winning author, a popular CBC Radio host, an award-winning advertising veteran and author and a former Cirque de Soleil exec came to the Concordia University in March to share their insights on the creative process. The guests were joined by four dynamic Concordia professors as part of the Thinking Out Loud conversation series, held in partnership with The Globe and Mail.
Episode Two: “On the Academics of the Circus”
How can one practice art as research and study art as process without losing sight of the initial artistic impulse? Lyn Heward, former director of creation at the Cirque du Soleil, is joined on stage by Louis Patrick Leroux, associate professor in Concordia University’s departments of English and Études françaises. They discussed the Cirque’s history, how a circus is choreographed and more.
Watch the video (1hr 22min):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuJhm9KT9qU
