Lily Smith (Kobabe), co-founder of SmithSmith Aerial Arts 

Lily and Kelly founded SmithSmith Aerial Arts in 2024 @smithsmithaerialarts

 

Lily began taking ballet before the age of 2. She simultaneously trained and performed as a dancer, circus artist and a competitive rhythmic gymnast for most of her youth, studying at The School of American Ballet,  Alonzo King Lines Ballet, and San Francisco Circus Center. Her circus career began at age 9, becoming one of the founding members of Los Angeles based company Dream World Cirque. In her performing career she worked with Miley Cyrus, Ellen Degeneres, Santana, and more. Lily became a database member of Cirque Du Soleil in 2008, performing with the company at events in Los Angeles in 2009 and received a contract offer for Kooza in 2010. Lily’s lifelong professional performing career spans genres of ballet, contemporary ballet and dance, aerial arts, hi-wire walking and contortion. She’s been teaching and choreographing since the age of 16, studying and performing aerial arts for 20 years, and at 30 years old enjoys watching her students flourish and grow a loving and understanding relationship with their bodies through movement. 

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Kelly Smith, co-founder of SmithSmith Aerial Arts 

 

Kelly is an accomplished designer, craftsman, fabricator, welder, and a true jack of all trades. He loves to learn, play, and create. His attention to detail is what makes our work stand out. He built the aerial rig we train on and makes our unique apparatus come to life. Kelly is passionate about the ocean and wave riding, and he enjoys the seeking the flow of movement and strength in aerial arts. @noticingisourenterprise

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