Elsa Monguillot de Mirman trained at the Paris Opera School from the age of seven under Claude Bessy, before joining the corps de ballet in 2001 under Brigitte Lefèvre. In 2004, she joined the Zurich Junior Ballet for two years, under the direction of Heinz Spoerli. From 2006 to 2008, she danced for the Michael Clark Company in London and obtained her state diploma as a dance teacher in 2007. She joined the Lyon Opera Ballet in 2009, where she performed the entire repertoire, as well as the solo La Venerina, composed for her by Nina Santes as part of the "Danser encore" project.