Ellen Waylonis (she/her) is a Boston-based multi-disciplinary circus artist, choreographer, creative producer, and intimacy director, and a founding member of Circus 617. She has toured nationally with Circus 617, Boston Circus Guild, Cirque Productions, and Nimble Arts. Locally, she has performed and completed choreographic commissions for organizations including Celebrity Series of Boston, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. As a movement choreographer and intimacy director, Ellen has collaborated with organizations including North Shore Music Theater, Moonbox Productions, and the Contemporary American Theater Festival.

Ellen is a co-founder and CEO of the circus school Esh Circus Arts in Somerville, MA, and in 2017 she was a member of the founding team for Commonwealth Circus Center in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood. As an educator, Ellen is dedicated to fostering inclusive and consent-forward spaces that celebrate the joyful exploration of movement.