Meet Our Team
Kiki
Isabella Hoops—also known as Kiki—is the owner of NorthFIRE Circus and a multidisciplinary performer whose career spans theatre, circus, festivals, and international touring.
Trained in Musical Theatre at Grant MacEwan and Ryerson Theatre School, she performed in children’s musicals, provincial tours, and the Canadian Fringe Festival circuit as an actor and busker. Her work later took her across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, performing in French and English.
Specializing in fire performance, LED shows, hoop arts, and character entertainment, Isabella creates original productions. A recipient of multiple Canada Council for the Arts grants, she recently produced Chaos to Calm, featuring original music by award-winning Canadian violinist Dr. Draw.
She leads NorthFIRE Circus’s touring company, known for fire and LED productions at major festivals including the CNE, Kingston BuskerFest, and Waterloo Busker Carnival. With degrees in Education and Fine Arts (Performance Acting), she brings creative leadership, technical range, and artistic vision to every engagement.
Victoria Wood
Victoria Wood, also known by her stage name Pyrobelle, is a professional circus artist, instructor, and program director with the Peterborough Academy of Circus Arts. Her experience spans aerial arts, juggling, hula hoop, stilts, object manipulation, fire performance, and interactive circus entertainment.
Victoria is passionate about making circus welcoming and accessible to young people of all ages, abilities, and experience levels. She has extensive experience developing and leading circus camps, classes, school programs, community events, and performances. Her teaching encourages creativity, confidence, teamwork, physical literacy, and safe skill development, while giving every participant the opportunity to discover what makes them feel successful.
Known for her playful energy and imaginative approach, Victoria creates circus experiences where children can take healthy risks, express themselves, build new skills, and have a lot of fun along the way.
Deejay/Electric Hoopster
A dancer at heart and flow artist by passion, Deejay has been captivating audiences since discovering hula hooping in 2010. Her lifelong background in dance led her into the world of flow arts and fire spinning, where she developed her energetic and expressive performance style.
Today, Deejay is a multi-disciplinary performer and teacher who combines dance with a variety of flow props to create playful, visually engaging experiences. She has performed at birthdays, weddings, corporate events, festivals, and fairs, and appeared fire hooping in Cold Creek County’s “Our Town” music video.
Deejay also teaches at Rebel Dance Company in Quinte West, sharing her passion for movement and creativity with her students. Whether performing with fire, lighting up the night with LED, or teaching, her goal is to create memorable moments that leave audiences smiling.
Evangelia
Also known as Lia- is a passionate and experienced artistic performer born and raised in Belleville and Prince Edward County.
Beginning her exploration in dancing in both Greek and Highland dance classes at the age of 6, Lia learned the importance of culture and community. She performed with the Greek Olympian Dancers Troupe at multiple ethnic celebrations, including the Belleville Waterfront Festival. Lia continued her dance journey securing Modern, Jazz and Acro dance examinations from the British Association of Teachers of Dancing, wherein she learned classical techniques. Clogging, belly dancing and musical theater have also been important additions to Lia’s learning and growth.
Always finding outlets for creativity, Lia became an instructor and performer for Baxter Arts Centre in Bloomfield for intergenerational programming, Toddler Dance Party, summer camps, events and more. She also occasionally performs with Shatterbox Theatre and other local theatre companies.
Now with NorthFIRE Circus, Lia has been able to take her learning to new heights with flow arts, aerial arts and performing with fire. You may see her at the Picton Fair and other local events spinning her fire props. Evangelia brings a unique and progressive approach to teaching while being attuned to the importance of emotional literacy and holistic health. She looks forward to welcoming those who wish to explore movement and expand their horizons with NorthFIRE Circus.
Chelsea
A dancer, circus artist, and dramaturg specializing in adaptive movement, visual storytelling, and inclusive teaching methods. She has taught and performed at festivals from Edmonton to New Orleans, with her original fusion works featured on stages across the country, including the Toronto Festival of Original Theatre.
Chelsea teaches aerial silks, sling, and static trapeze, although aerial lyra remains her first love. She previously served as coach and choreographer for the Youth Performance Team at Kingston Circus Arts. A florist by day, Chelsea is passionate about circus because it celebrates the creative and exploratory possibilities of every body while bringing the soul-affirming magic of movement to people from all walks of life.
Gaby
Raised in The County, Gaby brings an incredible range to the team. With over 15 years of planning experience, her career spans planning programming for the Royal Ontario Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, and locally, at QEMA’s Victoria Schoolhouse and Baxter Arts Centre in Bloomfield. Over the last four years, Gaby established one of the largest summer camps in the region, organizing 20 week-long camps over the 9 week of summer break!
She uses her incredible event planning know-how to host fantastic local events, including Terror at Macaulay, which has been running annually since 2021, and The Scarecrow Festival, which NorthFIRE Circus co-hosts at Macaulay Heritage Park.
Gaby holds a Masters in Art History and Curatorial Studies, and has curated dozens of exhibitions during her tenure as Art Director at Crescent Hill Gallery in Oakville.