MANIA KNOX
the lady with the iron jaw
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The Lady with the Iron Jaw | The Goddess of chaos | kookie krumblz​

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Who is Mania Knox?

Mania Knox lives at the crossroads of circus, chaos, and madness.
Mania works across many different circus disciplines like aerial chains, iron jaw, different fire flow disciplines, aerial net, and aerial hoop. she also play in the traditional sideshows act like : the human blockhead, the human billboard, bed of nails and mental floss.
The discipline is never random in a number: she chooses each apparatus according to the message she wants to deliver. For her, every discipline is a language — some sharp and dangerous, others fluid and ethereal — and she speaks them all.

 

Mania Knox – The Circus / strongman / sideshow Artist

As a traditional circus and sideshow performer, she is known as “The Lady with the Iron Jaw.”Once a lion tamer, her life changed forever when one of her lions bit her and she lost part of her finger. But something magical happened that night — some of the lion’s strength was transferred into her body. During her recovery she discovered a new gift: the power to hold her entire bodyweight with nothing but her jaw. From that moment, she became what she is known as today: Mania “The Lion” Knox.

mania knox ;The Goddess of Chaos – The Political Voice

In my dark feminine universe, Mania embodies the Goddess of Chaos and Darkness. Here she channels anger at the system, social critique, fetish, punk rock, and ritual — transforming fear, pain, and madness into raw performance art. In this form she doesn’t just perform, she transforms, inviting her audience into a world where danger, beauty, and empowerment collide. 

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Kookie Krumblz – The sideshow clown
the mischievous clown who flips the script. Kookie Krumblz, her clown alter ego: absurd, mad, playful, and unhinged, blending comedy with aerial and traditional sideshow.


Together, They Are Me

Each persona is a piece of Mania Knox. Sometimes they clash, sometimes they overlap — but together, they expose the raw, layered truth of who Is she as an artist.​ Together, these three faces of Mania Knox reveal the same truth: chaos, pain, and wonder are not separate — they are threads of the same tapestry. Whether under the big top, in a cabaret, or in the shadows, Mania embodies resilience, madness, and transformation.

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''Les charmes de l'horreur n'enivrent que les forts'' -Beaudelaire

“On the other side of fear lies freedom.”



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