photo by Evan DeRushie

hello.

I’m a multidisciplinary circus-theatre artist based in Toronto, Canada. I make work using circus arts (aerial, clown, handstands, juggling) as a physical language expressed through a variety of mediums (film, theatre, installation). I’m also the co-founder and co-artistic director of Hercinia Arts Collective and 1/3 of Wound Up Circus.

I supplemented my lifelong training in circus through an acting conservatory program at Toronto Metropolitan University, and more recently studied at the Clown Farm on Manitoulin Island.

My creative process centres imagination and play, and is strongly influenced by my work with John Turner in Pochinko Clown, as well as my theatre studies. Current fascinations include handstand trees, mushroom clowns, natural cycles, absurdity, death and grief and the relationship between mortality and The End.

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Current performANCE WORK

In addition to my own creative projects, I’ve been privileged to work with a variety of other incredible creators and companies. Recent highlights include Diana Lopez Soto’s Otros Rostros, Femmes du Feu’s community arts project Belongings/Circus on the Canal, and AP Event’s Bloom. Below are a few shows where I am a current performer.

  • Tweet! Tweet!

    Femmes du Feu Creations.
    Early years circus-theatre about two baby birds discovering their home & learning to fly.

  • Construction Guys

    Hercinia Arts Collective.
    A comedy street theatre circus show centred around the construction of an aerial rig.

  • Circus Sundaes

    Flying Solo TO.
    A Sweet & Salty neighbourhood circus show on a flatbed truck featuring clown Spumoni.

  • Flora & Fauna

    Femmes du Feu Creations.
    An early years creation exploring nature and relationships that is part performance and part installation.

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