circus, love, and other indoor sports

Pacific Northwest-based contortionist/handbalancer/object manipulator I dance, make art, build things, busk, travel and tend to find myself in front of audiences. I am occasionally a 7' tall white statue. I also run fuckyeahmaleaerialists and fuckyeahfemalebases and wtfapparatus.

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DON’T LET YOUR DREAMS BE DREAMS. ESPECIALLY IF YOUR DREAM IS TO GENTLY KISS A BEAUTIFUL LION ON ITS FOREHEAD WHILE DOING STATUE AT A CORPORATE GIG. 🌬🦁💕 https://www.instagram.com/p/BxtlGkZgqSf/?igshid=1wnd9xpjnnuab

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Get you a coach who finds vintage contortion videos and spends your entire lesson breaking down the weirdest looking move ❤️ @thetrapezestar https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxh5_MkgYEN/?igshid=1xwcn6c60qn5l

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IT’S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE I WAS SERIOUSLY SILLY ON STAGE good thing Nate was in town to help me fix that (and maintain my title of most prolific Beta Night performer) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxbC6SRgPw-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=b72wvdghdz09

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I fully expect these to illustrate some witty NECCA social media post someday when they run out of photos of my effortlessly graceful classmates 😁 📸Elsie Smith https://www.instagram.com/p/BxTfNeDA834/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5vudavurqkv2

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Adopting @ctrlshiftplus’s #savethewristsavetheworld mentality while my right handstand support is on time out (joint capsule irritation) (at NECCA-New England Center for Circus Arts) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxNuBVvA_DY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ibeo5naweo6j

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So how’s this for totally brilliant lightning strike universe happenstance: I haven’t seen Brandon in at least five years, he happens to be in Boston for two weeks, by chance decides to go to the festival I’m busking yesterday where he wouldn’t have even recognized me if he hadn’t arrived in time run into Camille (who in all likelihood he also wouldn’t have met up with if her band wasn’t playing on stage), who brought him by my pitch to say hey 😆 We ended up having a night-into-late-night-into-breakfast conversation, that with any luck we’ll continue when a benevolent universe crosses our paths again (or if I finally get to Mexico for a juggling convention) ⚡️ https://www.instagram.com/p/BxGQrKxg66z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13e13199m3zcq

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heLLO YES i am a Serious Professional Student, major in uPsIDe DowN and minor in ~*artistic falling*~ 📸Elsie Smith, from presentations last week https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw5bzszgmK6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1d4613pzti6yc

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Meltybendyliquid...splat. (at NECCA-New England Center for Circus Arts) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwuZGGhABDV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=173xjvy01y7bl

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Today in sHapEs 〰️ (at NECCA Flying Trapeze) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwpQhQdgjMa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=89fy2gl87285

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Repeating tinsicas=infinsicas ♾ https://www.instagram.com/p/BwnEMXnHeEM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u4obhntnp7gw

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Look Ma No Hand, pt 2 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwmrqINgJzr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xtfd3gklhdht

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Closehandsevenstraddletwistyfriend (at NECCA-New England Center for Circus Arts) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSFgUpgjKq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lyyl5t1uo3x0

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🌸⚡️🧿 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwPkOzVgEt6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qsnrjgeoj6p0

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Reeeeeewiiiiiiind ♾ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv4VZpHgoXT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bcu9olp95wns

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Hello I just stumbled on this by accident does it have a name or have I just come up with another way to avoid a kip up??? https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv169yhgdKb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j1ymxp7cdp2p

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I’m in full baby deer mode with this trick still, BUT this is the first time I kept my hand off the ground for the full rotation! (swipe to see one of the numerous mat high-fives that preceded it) 🦌🦌🦌 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvww_UoAT4X/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ib4wef8i92yn

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Couple more shots from yesterday’s gig at @strattonresort! HIRE ME FOR YOUR THING I WILL JUGGLE DIRECTLY INTO YOUR FACE 😁 https://www.instagram.com/p/BvrdoergM5g/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1470qfebw1iqy