Topsy-Turvy

Topsy-Turvy is a contortion act inspired by our entire world being flipped upside down during the pandemic. The main concept to take away from this act is that the knowledge needed to adapt has been available within us all along, but we needed to be challenged to step outside of our comfort zones in order to obtain it. In other words, instead of “thinking outside the box”, it’s important to work with all of the tools that are already available within our tool box.

Created by Flexy-T
www.flexy-t.ca

Instagram: @flexy_t
Facebook: Flexy-T Entertainment

Music by Stephen Joffe
Check out his band, Birds of Bellwoods: www.birdsofbellwoods.com
Instagram: @birdsbellwoods & @stevie_joffe

Toria Summerville is a professional circus performer from Ajax, Ontario. She is an honours graduate from the dance program at the performing arts school, O’Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute. She specializes in a number of disciplines including contortion, acrobatics, dance, creature acting, and aerial circus. Also known as Flexy-T, Toria began her journey as an internationally-acclaimed and award-winning dancer and has been treating audiences to memorable performances for most of her life. At a young age, she had discovered she possessed rare natural flexibility beyond that of the average person and by the age of 14 her doctors had started treating her for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Soon after, she had to leave the world of dance and began expanding her training regimen to include gymnastics and circus training with the aim of developing her strength to control her frequent joint dislocations. Since then, Toria has had to adjust her lifestyle, as her connective tissue disorder has progressively gotten worse over the years. Furthermore, Toria’s disability lead her to embark on a new journey of circus performance while she learns to embrace her disability by sharing with others how she’s been able to turn it into an ability.