Here in Chicago, we think we get winter. Our unique understanding of the nuances of lake-effect snow and our ability to gripe endlessly about dibs surely preps us for the longest season of hibernation. But one thing becomes apparent when a circus company from Quebec like FLIP Fabrique comes around—and that is, we don’t know winter like they know winter—and thankfully, we never will.

Photo credit: Emmanuel Burriel In their show— Blizzard at Harris Theater, FLIP Fabrique was able to school the audience with good humor and hard truths on the intensity of the crue...