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Company


Violet Defiant

is a swinging trapeze phenom who moonlights as an innovative and unusual foot juggler, object manipulator, and lyric storyteller. From 2023-2024, she toured Goodbye Party the Show! with Big Teeth Performance Collective, and has performed for Artpark New York, HUP State Circus Festival, Nimble Arts, Theater Bizarre, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, and more! Find out more about Violet @violetdefiantcircus

Naomi Ullian

is a founding member of Big Teeth and has created and performed myriad devised theater and acrobatics since 2012, including at HUP State, PVD Fringe, Cannonball Festival, The Umbrella Festival, and many other venues. She delights in making goofy existential collaborative work and is most often found performing partner acrobatics and dance trapeze, with a few clowny handstands scattered about. Learn more about her and her work @smalldangersdance

Jess Hill

comes from the Blue Ridge Mountains, where she discovered her love for climbing on things.  She graduated from the Professional Track Program at the New England Center for Circus Arts in 2016 and is a founding member of Big Teeth Performance Collective.  Jess specializes in corde lisse, partner acrobatics, and dance trapeze.  When not flipping through the air and climbing on her friends, Jess works as an RN and spends a lot of time outside. Find out more about Jess @jessintheair