Elsie Smith

Elsie Smith is a circus educator specializing in aerial skills. Performing with her twin sister she has performed around the world with companies such as Cirque du Soleil.  She received a Special Award at the China Wuqiau Internat’l Circus Festival in 2007 and the Bronze Medal at the 1st Internat’l Festival de Circo en Albacete, Spain in  2008. Elsie is the co-founder of the New England Center for Circus Arts, and co-owner of Nimble Arts. In 2016 she and Serenity won the American Circus Educator’s Award for Excellence in Education and the Walter Cerf Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts from the Vermont Arts Council.  Elsie currently teaches at NECCA, while building the Nimble Arts circus retreat studio on Tinmouth Pond, and devising new workshops to teach aerial teachers how to level up their skills.