Monitoring the health and wellbeing of circus artists by Marion Cossin (CRITAC) and Janine Stubbe (Codarts)

Workshop description 'Circus - a safe(r) space for danger'

Content

In this workshop we explain the added value of health monitoring in circus. In addition, we demonstrate ways to monitor the health of circus artists and show how these health data can be used in daily practice.

Learning outcomes

  1. You will understand the importance of health monitoring in circus
  2. You will have a better view on how to monitor physical and mental health
  3. You will gain insight into the amount, characteristics, and risk factors of health problems in circus artist

Presentation

pearl
Click to open presentation
Visuality

About the speakers

Marion Janine
Andrew Miller

Marion Cossin (left) is an engineer of research at the Centre de recherche, d'innovation et de transfert en arts du cirque (CRITAC) in Montreal. She holds a PhD in biomedical engineering from Université de Montréal and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Polytechnique Montréal. Her research focuses on the design of new circus equipment, digital integration into the performing arts and performance enhancement. Dr. Janine Stubbe (right) is a human movement scientist and employed as a professor Performing Arts Medicine at Codarts Rotterdam. On the one hand, she focuses on optimizing the health of dancers, musicians, circus artists (Health for Artists research line) and on the other hand on arts interventions to improve the health of various target groups (Arts for Health research line). Janine has published more than 75 international publications and is a frequent invited speaker at international and national conferences. Janine is director of the Performing Artists and Athlete Research Lab (PEARL), the research center of Codarts.