------ Elsie and Serenity are actively part of the new American Circus Alliance, a service and advocacy organization dedicated to circus performance and production in the United States. Official launch April 22nd; Membership is free for 2021. American Circus Alliance link to sign up ======== We'll get through this together. Nimble Arts offers a variety of creative performance options for outdoor, indoor, and virtual entertainment. Together we can brainstorm ways to make your community event, fundraiser, private party, or corporate celebration an exciting and delightful experience. From full cirque style theater shows, to shortened family geared park events, to single acts and strolling entertainers, we can enliven your world! Check out Acts for Booking Fee support is available through the New England States Touring (NEST) program of the New England Foundation for the Arts. Visit www.nefa.org for more information. See a time lapse video of us setting up our freestanding aerial rig which can go on stage or outdoors and pretty much anywhere! Nimble Arts freestanding aerial rig I LOVED the performances. . . so classy, funny, artistic, and just the right mix and timing for each act. Vicky Pittman, Colonial Theatre, Director of Education & Community Engagement ---------------------------------- WORKSHOPS/CLASSES Elsie and Serenity offer in-depth trainings in a variety of aerial and circus arts with a specialization in teacher trainings for aerial and acrobatic coaches. We also offer creative support for development of new works. And yes, we offer online options so join us from anywhere in the world. Book a private lesson now, connect as a group from your studio for staff development, and check out any upcoming workshops for when we can work in person.Workshops You are hands down the best aerial coach I have ever had the opportunity to work with. A. Funk, Montreal ---------------------------------- AERIAL EQUIPMENT We say our equipment is 'by aerialists, for aerialists' and it has been tested out by top artists around the world. We build custom trapezes, aerial fabric/silks, aerial hammock/slings, and the rigging needed to use them out of the box. We don't have a shopping cart online because we want you to start by asking any questions so we can help you get exactly what you want. Buy Equipment ---------------------------------- ABOUT US Nimble Arts was founded by identical twin aerialists Elsie Smith & Serenity Smith Forchion to create inventive works of theatrical circus. Their own performing resumes include duo swinging trapeze with Cirque du Soleil, aerials and acrobatics with Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey, the Pickle Family Circus and many other traditional through contemporary style circuses around the world including guest performance at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival,. They are Bronze Medal winners at the Albacete Circus Festival, and received a Special Award at the invitational Wuqiao Circus Festival in China for their unique spinning duo trapeze act. Their Nimble Arts ensemble includes performers formerly with Cirque Eloize, Circa, Big Apple Circus, Pilobolus and others. Elsie & Serenity received the Vermont Governor's Walter Cerf Excellence in the Arts Award and the American Circus Educators Excellence in Education Award. ========= NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CIRCUS ARTS In 2007 Elsie & Serenity founded the New England Center for Circus Arts. for recreational and professional students. ---------------------------------- See Elsie and Serenity in Lifetime TV Networks series Her America! Lifetime hit the road to hear from women in every state—Elsie and Serenity among them—about "what’s important to us and to get a window into your world." The result is Her America, and we’re so excited to share it with you. You can see our story (and explore others) at heramerica.com ---------------------------------- |
