Kaely Michels-Gualtieri is an American trapeze artist known for her work as a leading artist with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, often performing under the stage name "Electra". She is the winner of two Golden Flyer Awards as one of the world's leading swing trapeze artists.Le Temps, Dec 2016 She won a Silver Ring, Russia's highest trapeze honor, in 2017.Argumenty i Fakty, August 3, 2017 She is the youngest person ever nominated for membership in the Circus Hall of Fame.
Career
Michels-Gualtieri is a graduate of The Field School in Washington, DC. She subsequently trained with L’Academie Fratellini, the first American ever to be admitted to the school, where she studied under coach Alexander Doubrovski and with coach Victor Fomine in Montreal.
Michels-Gualtieri performed internationally with Circus Gerbola (Ireland), Cirque Italia, Cirque de Demain (France), Corpus Acrobatics (Luxembourg), NoFit State Circus (England) and Star Parivaar (Indian) before joining Ringling Brothers in 2014."Flying," American Circus, July 2015Le Quotidien (Luxembourg), December 2013
She left the circus briefly to study at Brown University in 2016.Wang, Amy, Former trapeze artist joins U. through RUE program. Brown Daily Herald, February 15, 2017
Michels-Gualtieri later returned to performing at Circo Atayde in Mexico City, Cirque de Massy in Paris, Winter Circus Apeldorn, Le Grande Cirque in Manila and the Golden Trick Festival in Odessa.Reformatorisch Dagblad, Apeldoorn, December 2018 She also performed for the Big E Circus in 2019.Carriage Towne News, July 18, 2019"First Sorrow," Circus, Dec 2018
She is now a solo aerialist with Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas.
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