Exhilarating. Eclectic. Essentially elastic. Angela Leigh McIlroy-Wagar is a multifaceted performing artist who mixes aerial acrobatics with contortion, theatricality, and dance. Specializing in aerial hoop, balloon, contortion, and aerial straps, Angie fuses her long limbs and elegant lines with skewed angles and surprising figures.

 

Discovering her love for circus at age 3, Angie grew up doing youth circus in Vancouver, BC before moving to Montreal at age 16 to attend the renowned École Nationale de Cirque.  Graduating in 2017 with her aerial hoop thesis ‘Wonderland’s Debris,’ she has since worked internationally with companies such as Cirque du Soleil (‘Drawn to Life’), Spiegelworld ('The Hook'), Three Legged Race Productions ('Sophie's Surprise 29th"), Les 7 Doigts de la Main ('The Last Chapter'), Circus Monti (‘Dreambox’), Strut n’ Fret Production House (‘The Party,' 'Love Riot’), Schmidts Tivoli ('Winterglitzer'), Cirque Éloize, Roncalli's Apollo Varieté ('It's A Kind of Magic'), and more.  She has also worked in the film industry as a performer/stuntperson/creature actor on TV shows (‘La France a un Incroyable Talent,' ‘Just for Laughs Gags,’ & 'Chanteurs Masqués'), feature films (‘L’Inhumain), and short films (‘Talk to Me,’ & 'My Layers').    

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