CIRCUS TY

Ty, short for Tyrannosaurus, tall by any other measure, grew up & up in the Pacific Northwest. As a child he rode anything with wheels and occupied his hands with juggling props.  As an adult he rides a huge metal wheel and occupies his hands with juggling props.  In the interim he graduated from Western Washington University with a BA in Dance, performed in the Portland Opera, A-Wol Dance Collective and a dental commercial as a ballet-dancing-molar.  Ty’s obsession with circus lured him across the continent to the National Circus School (ENC) in Montreal.  There he donned the world’s smallest mask, a red nose, and studied clowning... seriously.  He has performed for Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Éloize, Creativiva and as a member of the Acrobatic Conundrum. In 2018 he co-founded the Levity Circus Collective in Ashland, Oregon, where he directs, performs and teaches. He has also created two solo shows. In 2016 Ty made Cirque Love Love as an evening length surprise proposal to his now wife Maureen. Three years later the musical character Kid Big was born alongside Ty and Maureen’s real son Lux.  When he’s not juggling children and engagements you can find him wheeling in the streets, a boyish grin on his face.