Simik Komaksiutiksak

Dancer
I Dream in Wampum

Dancer/Choreographer
Anxiety

Simik Komaksiutiksak is an Inuk artist from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut and now resides in Montreal. Their passion for dance emerged at an early age, later gravitating towards dance and circus arts. Simik learned most of their dance training in Ottawa, and began performing arts during their teen years. Simik is a contemporary dancer, circus artist, and a choreographer. Simik has appeared on the APTN documentary-series “Pulse”, modelled at the Indigenous Fashion Arts festival in Toronto, and tours with Anowara Dance Theatre. Simik is the artistic director of the “Anxiety”, a contemporary dance production that explores generational trauma and healing through dance. Simik now works for The Arctic Rose Foundation as the Guest Artist Lead, where they teach dance, creative movement and expressive arts to youth all over Inuit Nunangat as apart of the Messy Book Program. Simik also teaches indigenous youth in the city through the Watershed Dance program and Tupic Act.