November 6, 2026

Intro to Swinging Cloud Swing

With Elsie Smith

This double-point apparatus is a beautiful marriage between trapeze and hammock/sling. In this workshop, you’ll learn the joys of swinging through the air with the wind beneath your wings.

We’ll cover fundamentals such as how to swing and execute simple sequences high in the air. Don’t worry — you’ll be securely clipped into a safety line at all times!

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More Details

When:
Friday | 1:00 – 3:00 pm

Where:
The Trapezium
10 Town Crier Dr.
Brattleboro, Vermont

Cost:
$75

Prerequisites:
Students must have experience on static trapeze, flying trapeze, or static cloud swing/sling/hammock, and should be easily able to climb a rope or fabric.

What to Wear:
Students may want to have socks to protect their feet, and have a long sleeve shirt handy.

Ages:
12 & up or by permission of instructor

About the Coach

Elsie Smith is a founder of NECCA, Nimble Arts and Gemini Trapeze. Together with her twin sister, Serenity, she performed for Cirque du Soleil’s Saltimbanco for 4 years as a duo trapezist. Her performances have garnered the bronze medal at the Internat’l Festival de Circo and the Special Award at the China Wuqiau Internat’l Circus Festival.

Elsie has taught and choreographed for many companies including Pilobolus, Cirque du Soleil, Circus Smirkus, Frequent Flyers’ Aerial Dance Festival, VivaFest and Sea World San Antonio. She has a Coaches Certification in trampoline and she and Serenity have developed a unique curriculum and teaching methodology for aerial circus arts. She is a founding member of the American Circus Educators Association’s Safety Committee and the American Circus Alliance.

In 2016 the sisters won the American Circus Educators’ Award for Excellence in Education and the Walter Cerf Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts from the Vermont Arts Council. She has also served as a grant review panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts.

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