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About Giselle
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About Giselle

“My beautiful ideal is freedom, the right to express oneself for everyone, and for everyone the right to enjoy beautiful things.”

These words of Emma Goldman (1869-1940), anarchist, intellectual and feminist could be the leitmotif of all feminist struggles, both the question of the body and the need to regain control of it, to (re)find its freedom, is at the heart of any claim of these movements. It was pointed out to her that “it does not suit an agitator to dance (…) with such irresponsible abandon” when her only wish was simply to dance. Her ideal was also awkwardly paraphrased “If I can’t dance, it’s not my revolution.”

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Season 22/23
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Season 22/23

After a rather long period of uncertainty due to the health crisis - which is hopefully ending - , but which nevertheless has seen the creation of Silentium at the Bolshoi in 2020, I am pleased to announce three new productions for the 2022/23 season.

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Wise words
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Wise words

" Sometimes there's an obsession with technique that can kill your best impulses. But communicating with an art form means being vulnerable. Being imperfect. And most of the time this is much more interesting. Trust me." - Michael Baryshnikov

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Finding a voice
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Finding a voice

One if my biggest struggles as an independent choreographer - and surely the same as every aspiring freelancer - is getting some tangible responses to my wide-range-outreaching email applications.

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De la définition d’un style ou se définir soi-même
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De la définition d’un style ou se définir soi-même

Il m’a souvent été demandé de définir le style de ma chorégraphie, de mon propre langage chorégraphique.

C’est une question qui m’a toujours pris de court au début, et m’occupe encore et toujours l’esprit. De longs moments de réflexion passés à trouver une définition, une accroche - et puis me retrouver sans réponse la fois suivante.

Tout récemment, par exemple, on m’a demandé si le fait d’aimer les pointes n’était pas antinomique avec une approche plus moderne de la danse. Ou même sans aller trop loin, l’éternel débat chausson contre chaussettes, ce qui fait moderne ou pas. Spoiler - c’est souvent les chaussettes qui fait le danseur moderne; pour paraphraser le dicton.

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Haute résolution!
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Haute résolution!

Nouvelle résolution pour 2019!

Tous les mois, je publierai une pensée, une réflexion qui me tient à coeur d’exprimer.

Donc, rendez-vous le mois prochain et n’oubliez pas de souscrire à la newsletter.

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High resolution!
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High resolution!

New resolution for 2019|

I will post every month some thoughts and reflections on my work, ballet and different subjects.

So, tune in every months for a new post and don’t forget to subscribe.

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Parlez-moi d'amour | Sibiu Theater Ballet | 9.12.18
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Parlez-moi d'amour | Sibiu Theater Ballet | 9.12.18

Premiere Parlez-moi d'amour | TBS

After the "extended" version I created for the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater in Schwerin for 10 dancers in 2016, I am proud to present on this Sunday a new version of my ballet *Parlez-moi d'amour* with the Sibiu Theater Ballet (Teatrul de Balet Sibiu).

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KK Youth Project
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KK Youth Project

On the invitation of Kiyoko Kimura to take part in her KK Youth Project, I have had the chance to work for about ten days with young students and pre-professional dancers in Tokyo, Japan.

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New year!
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New year!

A new year, a new look and a new blog!

Check out my new blog and don't forget to subscribe to receive every new posts and news.

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