Calliope Circus to be featured in the Tulsa Mardi Gras Masquerade

About the Calliope Circus

Formed in 2020, Calliope Circus strives to provide Tulsa with the best local Aerial and Circus entertainment around. As a Circus, we believe in engaging with the community and embracing the talents of our local aspiring artists. Our goal is to offer audiences a chance to experience some of the best performances Tulsa has to offer.

Calliope Circus to be featured in the Tulsa Mardi Gras Masquerade

About the Calliope Circus

Meet the artists

Cleo

At the age of three Cleo started their journey on stage. Being classically trained in Ballet, they competed in several styles from Pointe to Tap. After earning a BA in Cultural Communication Studies; Cleo hit the open road with their soon to be life partner and new pals. Traveling in the Treehouse (’92 Chevy Short Bus) across the country working Renaissance Faires, Cleo’s new pals introduced them to fire spinning. This is where their journey with Hoop began. When Cleo isn’t flowing, catch them throwing down some improv.

Kymber began performing at the age of 13 and fell in love. She went on to pursue a degree in Theatre and was accepted into the Open Jar Institute, a broadway intensive in NYC. After earning her BA, she returned to Tulsa and has been diving into circus arts for the last 5 years. Her apparatuses of choice are aerial hoop, aerial sling, and aerial chair. She enjoys sharing her joy of aerial with others through teaching, choreographing, and creating original works. She is currently writing an original aerial/dance show which will hit the stage in 2023.

When she is not in the air, she can be found performing in musicals, dancing, or hanging with her two rad children. Kymber is excited to share the wonders of original circus works with Calliope Circus and sultry entertainment right here in Tulsa.

Kymber Sage

Jericho

Jericho Dillard is a featured artist for our 2022 event. We’re excited to have such a beautiful and seasoned aerialist in the cast.

Jericho (SkyDancer), a Tulsa native, found her love of circus arts at the young age of 15. Over the past 9 years she has continued to hone her craft and passion for multiple apparatuses including Silks, Lyra, Aerial Chains, and Trapeze. Her love for performing lead her to find aerial burlesque in 2018 where she’s known for her work in aerial chains.

Jericho is passionate about her art and enjoys teaching others to reach for the stars and one day she hopes to become an aerialist with cirque du soleil.

Kestrel is a Tulsa native, born and raised in the heartland. A born performer, she grew up loving stage performance and dance. After Kestrel earned a degree in education, she now teaches science and mathematics by day and flies as an aerialist by night. She specializes in aerial silks, trapeze, duo straps, and partner adagio.

Kestrel

Liminal

An aerialist since late 2019, Liminal found their great passion, and she is always looking to climb higher. In October 2020 Liminal fell in love with performing, and brings an eerie and fun energy to the stage with their unique style.

An aerialist since late 2019, Liminal found their great passion, and she is always looking to climb higher. In October 2020 Liminal fell in love with performing, and brings eerie and fun energy to the stage with their unique style.

Desert born, Oklahoma Raised. Red brings the heat in her aerial performances. She has been training aerial sling for over a year now and is no stranger to performing. When’s not in the sky she’s studying industrial engineering and management at Oklahoma State University.

Red

Jade

Once upon a time, a young computer scientist longed for a life of booze, jazz, and latex. Alast, Jade was born!

Being an aerialist for 2 years now, she has found her calling in front of an audience. Jade will dazzle you with her creative and vivacious acts. A woman of many faces, only a lucky few will encounter them all.

Ikarus DO transplanted himself to Tulsa for medical school in 2007 and has made it his home. He has been on his aerial journey for 2 years and sees no end in sight. He specializes in aerial silks, duo straps, and partner adagio. When not in the air, he can be found as a family medicine teaching physician.

Ikarus

Jennifer Paxton

Executive Director

After nearly a decade of experience on the road with her husband doing international circus, Jennifer returned home to bring the concept of social circus to Tulsa. With over thirty years of performance and production experience, her unique skill set and passion for the arts has fueled her work. She combined her BS in Psychology and her BA in Media Productions from Florida State University with her personal drive to improve the world around her to help bring meaningful, impactful, and joyful entertainment to this great city.

Anton Duval

Creative Director

Anton, a Tulsa native, spent the last 20 years honing his skills and earning the reputation as the world’s finest living flyer trapeze artist. Growing up in Oklahoma afforded him training as a pre-Olympic gymnast and a competitive high diver for his high school team. He had many years of dance training and musical theater opportunities. All of these skills aligned in the 1990’s when he began working for Club Med and training under Bob Christians.

After only a year of flying trapeze, he was throwing triple somersaults and began his career in international circus. His love for his children and longing for his hometown brought him back to Tulsa. His dedication to his community inspired him to start Calliope Youth Circus Foundation and Calliope Circus. He now spends his time on the ground, lifting others up and filling them with the wonder and joy of this incredible artform,

Kymber Sage

Artistic Director

She wants to move calliope into a more artistic direction so we will be working towards conceptual and artsy shows yearly!