About The Artist
Better known as Flexy-T, Toria Summerville is a real life human pretzel from Woodbridge, Ontario and has been a professional performer in her field for 12 years now. She began her journey as a multi-time award-winning dancer. By the time she was a young adult, she ran away with the circus! Over her career she has been trained by elite performers in a number of disciplines including hand-balancing, dance, theatre, acrobatics, aerial arts and specializing in contortion.
Her performances have taken her across North America with a myriad of talent companies (Cirque Revolution, The Canine Circus, Illuminair Entertainment, Hit & Run Dance productions, In Tha Groove, among others). She has been a featured performer at Canada's largest fair, The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), Canada's largest theme park- Canada's Wonderland, and she can be seen performing her act as a contestant on Season 2 of Canada’s Got Talent on City TV where she was praised and received 4 yesses from the iconic judges. She has dazzled large audiences at high profile events such as being the featured act for the live televised national broadcast for the NBA, both as a soloist and as part of an acrobatic duo with her partner Caleb Ford for the Toronto Raptors halftime show. Toria is no stranger to performing at professional sports games, as she has also performed for The Toronto Blue Jays alongside her acrobatics partner, Caleb.
Her successful live performances have been continuously elevated to cinematic experiences. She is a full union member of ACTRA. Her most recent credits include; acting and performing contortion stunts in the Netflix Documentary “The Devil On Trial”, Amazon Studio’s “Gen V”, Eli Roth’s Virtual Reality Experience “Trick VR Treat”, and Crave's“Shoresy”. In her most recent creature role, she was honoured to work with director Corin Hardy on his new film "Whistle", where she played the role of the "Old Crone" and "Dead Ellie". She has always been a huge horror fan, and since the beginning of her time has believed that she was born to use her freakishly bendy body to create unique scenes. She eagerly awaits future productions where she can dive into transforming herself into unique characters and creatures.
Her super power is caused by a collagen deficiency due to a connective tissue disorder she was born with, called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Toria is humbled that she can use her rare disease to her advantage as she has turned its effects on her body into her full-time career as a performing artist and actor. In her spare time, Toria is a passionate advocate for disability rights, and she is a Co-Chair for ACTRA Toronto's Disability Alliance Subcommittee and ACTRA National's Accessible Sets Committee. Most recently she has been appointed to join the Ontario Federation of Labour's Disability Rights Committee. Her mission is to help others who experience similar rare conditions such as herself, to lead fulfilling lives and help them reach their fullest potential.