Elizabeth (Lizzie) Steele is a performer and arts administrator, with a range of experience spanning circus arts, theater, orchestral performance, and commercial entertainment. She feels equally at home performing acrobatic feats on stage as she does navigating a spreadsheet behind the scenes. 

Lizzie primarily performs as a hand-to-hand flyer in duo or group acrobatics acts. She has also performed duo cradle, duo aerial straps, flying trapeze, and stilt walking. Recent circus performance credits include Sortilege with Cirque de la Pointe-Seche, and European and North American touring performances of Blizzard with Flip Fabrique. Lizzie is a classically trained viola player, and has most recently played as a violist with the American Contemporary Classical Orchestra. 

Lizzie is currently the Chief of Staff at Encore Creativity for Older Adults. Previously, Lizzie worked in production and education roles with the Washington Commanders Marching Band, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Spoleto Festival USA, Capitol City Circus School, and the Symphony Orchestra of Northern Virginia.

Lizzie brings an analytical approach to the creative from her academic background in engineering. She received a bachelors degree in Materials Science and Engineering in 2016 from Northwestern University, completed a masters degree in Engineering Science/Mechanical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 2020, and spent five years as an engineer in the U.S. Navy. After a serendipitous discovery of flying trapeze swung her into the world of circus, Lizzie shifted her career toward acrobatic performance and artistic event production.

Lizzie is enthusiastic about multidisciplinary performance, with specific interests in innovative cross-genre programming, reaching new audiences, and presenting known works through new lenses.