Elsa Hall

circus artist

Aerial Straps, Hand Balancing

 

 

Skills

Aerial straps, hand balancing, partner acrobatics, hand to hand,

tumbling, loops, trapeze, fabric

Play flute and piano

German and English fluently + German and American passport

 

Size

Height: 5’ 0”

Weight: 98lbs

Eye color: blue

Hair color: brown

 

Training

 

Montreal, Canada with Michael Lanphear and Yury Bozyan   Dec. 2014

Aerial straps, Handbalancing

Professional Track Program

 

  New England Center for Circus Arts   Sept. 2012-May 2013

       Major: Handbalancing, Minor: Aerial straps

 

Intensive Program, New England Center for Circus Arts Sept 2011-June 2012

Major: Handbalancing, Minor: Partner acrobatics

 

Bootcamp, New England Center for Circus Arts   June 2009

3 week intensive summer training on ground

work and aerials

 

ICircus, Ithaca College   August 2007-May 2011

Self-taught group acrobatics, tumbling, partner

acro, hula hoop

 

Keene YMCA Gymnastics   2001-2007

Competed on beam, floor, bars, and vault

 

Performances Abbreviated

 

41st Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain January 2020

Perform aerial straps act

Boston Circus Guild, Boston, MA   June 2013 – Present

Perform at various corporate events, galas, and shows

Perform handbalancing, straps, and hand to hand

 

Nimble Arts, Brattleboro, VT   July 2013 – Present

Perform corporate and other events

Perform straps, handbalancing, and span sets

 

Illumina Live, Boston, MA   Sept. 2014-Present

Perform handbalancing for their touring show

 

Beaches, Sandals Resort Turks and Caicos, Creativiva, April -July 2017

Performed straps and hand balancing acts in 4 different shows

 

     Corporate Event, ConMoto Entertainment, Boston, MA   November 2015

Ambient handbalancing

 

Cirque of the Dead, Boston Circus Guild, Cambridge, MA   October 2015

Performed duo handbalancing act

 

Ruckus, A Cirque Spectacular, touring show   September 2013-June 2015

Toured New England and Texas

Performed aerial loops, group acrobatics

 

Air Temple Arts Show, New Haven, CT   January 2015

Performed aerial straps

 

St. Eustache Jugglers Convention, St, Eustache, Canada   May 2014

Jugglers assistant

 

Cirque of the Dead, Boston Circus Guild, Boston MA   Oct & Nov 2014

Aerial straps

 

Circus Spectacular, Brattleboro, VT   March 2014

Aerial straps

Winter Show, Aerial Experience Productions, Houston TX   December 2013

Lyra, aerial fabric, handbalancing

 

Cirque of the Dead, Boston Circus Guild, Boston MA   Oct & Nov 2013

Duo handbalancing

 

Private Event, Bar Mitzvah, Greenwich. CT   September 2013

Span sets, group work

 

Franklin County Fair, Greenfield MA   September 2013

 Span sets

 

Johnson and Johnson – “The Boston Innovation Center Opening Celebration”   June 2013

 Boston Circus Guild, Boston MA

Group acrobatics, including a 3 high

 

 Safely Gathered In, New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA)   May 2013

Handbalancing, aerial straps

 

The Flying Nut, NECCA   December 2012

Banquine

 

Book of Dreams, NECCA   June 2012

Handbalancing, partner acrobatics

 

The Flying Nut, NECCA   December 2011

Lyra (aerial hoop)

 

 ICircus   August 2007- May 2011

Group acrobatics, partner acrobatics, tumbling

 

Coaching

 

Esh Aerial Arts, Somerville, MA   January 2015- October 2015

Teach classes in handbalancing and aerial straps

 

Air Temple, New Haven, CT   July 2014- Oct. 2014

Taught classes and private lessons in straps, contortion, handbalancing

 

Brattleboro Gymnastics Summer Camps, Brattleboro, VT   June 2012

Taught 4-14 year olds tumbling, bars, vault, and beam

 

ICircus, Ithaca, NY   August 2007-May 2011

Taught people of all ages and abilities acrobatics and partner acrobatics

Elsa Hall

Aerial Straps. Hand Balancing

elsa.hall90@gmail.com