Mykelle Walton

Mykelle Walton is a multidisciplinary performing artist and researcher who strives to combine her intellectual and physical curiosity. In her primary discipline of aerial acrobatics, Mykelle has performed internationally through varieté shows, artistic festivals, and cruise ships in aerial hoop, hair suspension, and aerial straps. She frequently ventures out of the circus tent and explores other areas of performance including modern dance, durational performance, and devised theatre. Originally from rural Idaho, she has been contracted with organisations such as Animate Objects, AIDA Cruises, Virgin Voyages, Kaleidoscope Entertainment, and the New England Center for Circus Arts. She has taught all over the world including in Canada, Mexico, Switzerland, Germany and France. She has been supported by the Massachusetts Arts Council, Easthampton Cultural Council, Idaho Arts Commision, Alexa Rose Foundation, and the Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance program. In 2018, she founded the Boise Circus Guild and is currently the artistic director.

In 2025 she started a new circus project—SPEC— with her life and creative partner, Jennifer Thornquest, where they do circus research, education and production together. She holds a BA from Mount Holyoke College in Philosophy and is studying for her PhD in Philosophy at UMass Amherst. Currently her favorite pastime is hiking in the mountains with her wife