For presenters & venues
Stage works
Festival-ready short works and evening-length circus-theater that fit real stages. Honest tech riders, self-contained dramaturgy, and a company small enough to say yes quickly.
Repertoire & tech →Circus theater · Chicago
Stories told at altitude.
Colibri Soli is a circus-theater company founded by established Chicago performers — professional aerial, Jeff Award–winning work among the credits. Two soloists, one company, making work where the drama is in the air and the air has a script.
Professional aerial artistry
Jeff Award–winning work among the credits
Rigging plans advanced with every venue
Chicago-based · built to travel
Who we are
Two soloists.
One impossible bird.
Most circus is spectacle first. Most theater stays on the ground. Colibri Soli was founded on the conviction that the two belong in the same body: full-length and short-form works where aerial technique carries narrative weight — built by artists with real credentials in both crafts.
We are a deliberately small company. Two founders, decades of combined stage time, and a repertoire designed to travel light and land big — in theaters, festivals, ballrooms, parks, and classrooms.
Colibri — the hummingbird: the only bird that can hover, the smallest body doing the most precise flying. Soli — more than one soloist. That's us.
The company
Two working Chicago artists
Founded by two working Chicago performers — decades of combined stage time across theater and aerial, with Jeff Award–winning work among the credits. Full bios and photographs arrive with the season announcement.
What we do
Three ways to put us in the air
For events & galas
Event performance
Featured aerial acts, ambient welcome sets, and custom narrative moments for corporate events, galas, and private celebrations — designed to hold a room, not just decorate it.
Check a date →For schools & studios
Education
Workshops and residencies in aerial fundamentals, physical storytelling, and devising — taught by working professionals who perform what they teach.
Ask about a residency →Booking
How it works
Inquire
Tell us the date, venue, audience, and budget range. A ceiling height helps too.
Proposal
Act options, a quote, and our technical needs — in plain language, not rider-speak.
Advance
Contract, certificate of insurance, rigging plan, and music/cueing — all confirmed before load-in.
Show day
We arrive early, rig safe, run clean, and leave the space better than we found it.
Book Colibri Soli
Put a date on the calendar
The fastest way to a yes: include these in your first note —
- Event date(s) and venue or neighborhood
- Format: stage show, event act, ambient set, or workshop
- Ceiling height / rigging situation, if you know it
- Approximate budget range
Presenters: the press kit has repertoire, tech specs, and downloadables.
Booking & inquiries
Booking contact opens with the season announcement
Presenters: the press kit below covers repertoire and technical needs.