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Erin Ball (she/her) identifies as a Queer, Mad (from the Mad Pride movement) and Disabled femme. She is a white colonial settler and a circus artist living on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Ojibwe; Katarokwi, also known as Kingston, Ontario. Ball runs the Kingston Circus Arts and is the Co-Founder of LEGacy Circus (a performance company co-created with Mad artist, Vanessa Furlong). Ball took a year off in March 2014 due to life-changing events that resulted in having both of her lower legs amputated. She has since returned to her passion of training, coaching and performing with a focus on including as many people and students in her audiences as collaborators and performers. She has traveled worldwide to perform and teach and strives for representation, access and inclusion in the arts. 

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Jayeden Walker is a Queer, neurodivergent circus artist specializing in aerial arts. She lives, plays and creates as a settler in Toronto; the traditional territories of Mississaugas of the Credit River, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples. In 2017, Walker sustained a traumatic brain injury that deeply influenced her artistic and teaching practices. When she’s not performing and creating, she works to promote accessible movement in her coaching and performance work and by serving on the board of directors for Reason d’etre dance productions and Hercinia Arts. 

Elizabeth Morris is a professional Deaf actor. She was born in England and has lived in England, Japan, the United States and Canada. In 2004, she graduated from Gallaudet University for the Deaf (Washington, D.C.) with a BA in Educational Drama and Elementary Education. While in Washington, she was part of a theatre company Quest for Arts, during which time she performed in Mexico, Romania, South Africa, Japan and Australia. She had the honour of performing at the Deaf Olympic’s opening ceremony in Australia. Later she joined the National Theatre of the Deaf based in Hartford, Connecticut. On returning to Canada, she graduated from OCAD University (Toronto, Ontario) with a Masters of Design in Inclusive Design in 2017. Her thesis was based on creating ways to make live theatre more accessible and inclusive for Deaf and Hard of Hearing audience members, including their families and friends. She won a medal for the Best Exhibit in her program at OCAD University’s Graduate Exhibition.  

In Canada, Morris performed at the Stratford Festival — she was their very first-ever Deaf signing actor. She has also performed at the Young People’s Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Shakespeare Link Canada (Toronto, Ontario), the National Arts Centre (Ottawa, Ontario), the Concrete Theatre and the Citadel Theatre (Edmonton, Alberta). Morris is an actor, Deaf Interpreter for the theatre, ASL coach and Deaf Community Consultant/Inclusive Designer. She is a co-founder of the Deaf Spirit Theatre company and loves being an actor for theatre and film. 

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Bon Evans (he/him) is based in Katarokwi/Kingston and is a dedicated musician, radio host and videographer. He is a board director at a local musical lending library and hosts a weekly live outdoor music show, Live Music Sundays, that brings community and musicians together. 

Evans has spent several years filming and editing live performances while adding to an extensive archive of creations. He has recently been involved in several international film projects with circus artist Erin Ball.  

Evans also hosts a weekly radio show with Island Radio 101.3 where he has helped numerous musicians and artists create and promote their work through live-streaming and filmed events.