Northern Haze: Living the Dream

Footage from Artcirq's performance of ASIU (Lost) at the 2014 edition of the Alianait Arts Festival in Iqaluit.

Asiu is Artcirq's latest show and is inspired by the traditional Inuit legend Amaqup Nunaat (The Land of Wolves) about two brothers who find themselves lost in the mysterious world of the Shadow People.

The Artcirq Inuit Performance Collective 2009 Demo.

 Artcirq Cabaret with special guests at Iqaluit's Alianait Festival on July 1rst 2015.

Video credits: Vincent Desrosiers

Artcirq & friends perform at Iqaluit's Alianait Festival on June 30, 2015.

Video credits: Vincent Desrosiers

Kaugjagjuk is Artcirq’s first major production, created in 2005. It was originally performed in Igloolik for the summer solstice with the participation of more than 20 children and youth from the community.

The Artcirq Youth Group from Igloolik, Nunavut, take on an extraordinary adventure : over 20 people travel from Igloolik to Pond Inlet and Clyde River by skidoo to perform their unique Inuit circus show.

Directed by Derek Aqqiaruq. Produced by Artcirq (2010)  www.artcirq.org

Northern Haze: Living the Dream, Artcirq Productions 2011, Director Derek Aqqiaruq. Inuktut w/English s-t.

Rocking the North hard and heavy since 1977, “Northern Haze: Living the Dream” tells the story of the first known Inuit Rock Band to sing in their native tongue.

A short documentary about the band Kikkukia from Igloolik, Nunavut. Story about how they started playing together and the events they shared together as a group.

Artcirq show at the Northern Scene Festival in Ottawa performed on April 30, 2013 in front of a full house including the Honourable Eva Aariak, Premier of Nunavut and her guests.

Integral performance from beginning to intermission only.

 This video is at Guillaume Saladin's place when we were having speghetti night with Artcirq and we decided to cram as much people in that small tent and this is what came out.

In the isolated arctic community of Pitaqangittuq (Nunavut), the climate is warming at an alarming rate, but it’s inhabitants are determined to adapt to their changing world by utilizing their ancestral survival skills and creativity.

Production year: 2010

Format: HDV

Directors: Guillaume Ittukssarjuat Saladain, Félix Pharand D., Nicolas Tardif

Put garbage where it belongs!

Anti-littering video made in collaboration with the Nunavut Department of Environment.

Put garbage where it belongs! An anti-littering video made by ArtCirq in collaboration with the Nunavut Department of Environment.