Feature The 10 Bear Boogie Feb 26, 2021 by Jessica MacDonald Nutaraaluk Iyaituk Prancing Polar Bear (n.d.) Serpentine 4 × 5 × 2 in Courtesy Spirit Wrestler Gallery Among the behaviours you wouldn’t expect from a polar bear, dancing has to be high on the list. That hasn’t stopped Inuit artists’ imaginations though, as they portray bear after bear twerking, drum dancing and even discoing to a thumping beat. Floyd Kuptana Ballroom Dancer (2005) Steatite and marble 9.5 × 6 × 2 in Courtesy Spirit Wrestler Gallery Ruben Anton Komangapik Nanuruqtuq (Becoming a Polar Bear) (2013) Amazonite, sterling silver, acrylic, marble and Nunavut gold 26 x 24 x 15 cm Photo Estelle Marcoux Komangapik Michael Massie My Dreams of a Dancing Bear (1991) Courtesy IAF Tarsis Pilakapsi Bear Dancing For Her Cub (n.d.) ivory, steatite base 5 × 5 × 2 in Courtesy Spirit Wrestler Gallery Emily Pangnerk Illuitok Bear Drumdancer (n.d.) Ivory 2 × 2 × 0.5 in Courtesy Spirit Wrestler Gallery Davie Atchealak Dancing Bear on a Seal (1980) Courtesy IAF Philomen Nattuk Dancing Bear (n.d.) Ivory 2 × 0.75 × 0.75 in Courtesy Spirit Wrestler Gallery Nuyaliaq Qimirpik Dancing Bear (c.1995) Serpentine 10.75 × 10.5 × 4 in Courtesy Spirit Wrestler Gallery Judas Ullulaq Dancing Bear (n.d.) Pyroxene 7.25 × 5.5 × 4 in Courtesy Spirit Wrestler Gallery Simeonie Killiktee Dancing Bear (n.d) Serpentine 8 × 8 × 5 in Courtesy Spirit Wrestler Gallery