Popular Litterature
JOURNAL ARTICLE
COVID-19: Reopening the National Circus School in Montreal – A Case-Study
Marion Cossin
CIRCUSTALK.NEWS, november 2020
For the National Circus School (ENC), as well as all circus schools around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic represents an exceptional challenge, one for which there are no preconfigured guidelines that can dictate appropriate responses. As Dr. Caroline Quach, a researcher from Quebec, said: ‘’Fighting COVID-19 is like building the plane while you’re flying it’’. This statement certainly applies to circus schools all around the world. At ENC, the decision to reopen the school and the question as to how to reopen the school was guided by a risk-based approach to maximize the education, well-being and health benefits for our students, teachers, staff, and thus, the wider circus community.
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TECHNICAL REPORT
Comparative analysis of nine gripping configurations for aerial straps
Marion Cossin
CRITAC - Centre de recherche, d'innovation et de transfert en arts du cirque, 19 p., January 2020.
For the first time, a study on the discipline of straps made it possible to compare and measure several attachment configurations according to several criteria. Nine attachment configurations were measured according to three criteria: safety, comfort and duration of installation. Thanks to this study, any aerial strapping professional will have at his disposal the different possible choices.
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Quand cirque rime avec risque
Marion Cossin
Dire : la recherche à votre portée, vol.28 n°1, p.12-18, winter 2019
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REPORT
Équilibre au cirque
Marion Cossin, Carine Monat
L'oeuf ou la poule, CHOQ.ca, UQAM, October 28, 2019, [9 min]
Listen, (in French) sections 16:00 - 22:00 and 25:00 - 30:50
REPORT
Normes de sécurité en cirque
Marion Cossin, Pierre Chastenay, Rabii Rammal, Marianne Desautels-Marissal, Éric Morin, Estelle Bouchard, Marc Carbonneau
Électrons libres, Télé-Québec, March14 episode, 2017
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
La science des acrobates
Daniel Carrière, Louis Faure, Marion Cossin, Patrice Aubertin, François Prince
Découvertes, Radio-Canada, September 20 episode, 2015
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Scientific Litterature
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Body composition adaptations throughout an elite circus Student-Artist Training Season
Adam Decker, Patrice Aubertin, Dean Kriellaars
Journal of Dance Medicine & Science, vol.25 n°1, p. 46-54, mars 2021
The purpose was to perform a longitudinal assessment of body composition of circus student-artists in an elite three-year college training program. Male and female student-artists differed significantly across all absolute and relative body composition variables. Discipline-specific differences in body composition were also detected. Significant differences were observed between student-artists grouped by years in school. Over the training year there was a positive adaptation for muscle and fat mass despite the negative adaptation experienced over the winter vacation period.
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BOOK ARTICLE
Approche des mécanismes impliqués dans une hausse du taux de blessures après les vacances chez les étudiants en formation supérieure en arts du cirque
Adam Decker, Melanie Stuckey, Richard Fleet, Patrice Aubertin, Dean Kriellaars
P. Goudard, D. Barrault (dir.), Médecine et cirque, p. 169-178, 2020
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BOOK ARTICLE
Les problèmes de santé dans les arts du cirque, une revue de la littérature
Isabelle Lavallée-Bourget, Luc Lapointe, Patrice Aubertin, Richard Fleet
P. Goudard, D. Barrault (dir.), Médecine et cirque, p. 149-166, 2020
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THESIS
Longitudinal assessment of physical, physiological and psychological characteristics of elite circus student-artists
Adam Decker
University of Manitoba, 150 p., 2020
Circus arts has seen rapid growth over the past thirty years, and artists require a unique combination of technical, physical, and artistic abilities with a performance schedule and culture that is distinct from sport. Yet, the development of elite circus artists continues to rely on sport-based and traditional circus training methods. Research into critical performance and health factors in a circus student-artist context would provide valuable insight for the development of modern circus training and injury prevention strategies. The aim of this manuscript-style dissertation is to characterize physical, physiological, and psychological factors in a high-performance circus training environment. Information from this thesis can be used by circus coaches, artists, and performance science and medicine personnel to guide future research and influence the training methods of circus artists, globally.
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Cirque du Monde as a health intervention, Perceptions of medical students and social circus experts
Cynthia Fournier, Mélodie-Anne Drouin, Jérémie Marcoux, Patricia Garel, Emmanuel Bochud, Julie Théberge, Patrice Aubertin, Gil Favreau, Richard Fleet
Canadian Family Physician, vol. 60 n°11, p. 548-553, november 2014
To present Cirque du Soleil’s social circus program, Cirque du Monde, to explore its potential as a primary health care tool for family physicians.
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sleep and fatigue of elite circus student-artists during on year of training
Adam Decker, Patrice Aubertin, Dean Kriellaars
Medical Problems of Performing Artists, vol.34 n°3, p.125-131, September 2019
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Don't take down the monkey bars : rapid systematic review of playground-related injuries
Nicolas Bergeron, Catherine Bergeron, Luc Lapointe, Dean Kriellaars, Patrice Aubertin, Brandy Tanenbaum, Richard Fleet
Canadian Family Physician, vol.65 n°3, p.121-128, March 2019
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Empirical development of a screening method for mental, social, and physical wellness in amateur and professional circus artists
Brad Donohue, Yulia Gavrilova, Marina Galante, Bryan Burnstein, Patrice Aubertin, Elena Gavrilova, Alisan Funk, Al Light, Stephen D. Benning
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, October 2018
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
The relationship between problem-solving skills and factors that interfere with performance in the world's elite circus artists
Marina Galante, Brad Donohue, Yulia Gavrilova, Corey Phillips, Bryan Burnstein, Patrice Aubertin, Andrea Corral
Journal of Performance Psychology, n°11, p.1-17, December 2017
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Making single-point aerial circus disciplines safer
Marion Cossin, Annie Ross, Frédérick P. Gosselin
Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, vol.231 n°4, p.362–373, December 2017
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Repeatability of force signals in aerial circus straps
Marion Cossin, Annie Ross, Frédérick P. Gosselin
Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, vol.232 n°3, p.225–235, October 2017
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CONFERENCE
Une ingénieure au service des acrobates
Marion Cossin
Coeur des sciences, Université de Montréal, October 13, 2016, 52 min 39 sec
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Cirque du Monde en tant qu’intervention en santé
Cynthia Fournier, Mélodie-Anne Drouin, Jérémie Marcoux, Patricia Garel, Emmanuel Bochud, Julie Théberge, Patrice Aubertin, Gil Favreau and Richard Fleet
Canadian Family Physician, vol. 60 n°11, p. 548-553, November 2014
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