Extraordinary dancers

French Actor and Dancer. He has been developing his really personal way of dancing by mixing breaking, contemporary dance and physical theater. He was the lead character in the award wining commercial Apple "Bounce" in 2019. He has made his film's debut in "Rise" by Cedric Klapisch in 2022, a huge success in France.

French hip hop dancer and choreographer grew up in the Paris suburbs. She discovered break dancing at the age of 17 and trained for one year at the International Academy of Dance in jazz, contemporary and classical. Following a long travel to Brazil, she developed her own body vocabulary and worked with choreographers such as Jérémie Belingard, Mehdi Kerkouche, Sylvain Groud, Léo Walk, Sébastien Ramirez. In 2015, with her husband Saïdo Lehlouh she founded the Black Sheep dance company and joined the FAIR-E Collective, encouraging social inclusion and multiculturalism.

French-Algerian b-boy and choreographer, born Mustapha Saïd Lehlouh (alias Darwin), has been part of the underground hip-hop community since aged 15. In 2001, he co-founded Bad Trip Crew, debuting with "Wild Cat", his first piece distinguished for its "finesse" and feline refinement. Since 2007, he danced internationally for artists such as Nils 'Storm' Robitzky, Constanza Macras, Giuliano Peparini, Norma Claire, Sébastien Ramirez. In 2015, with his wife Johanna Faye, he founded the Black Sheep Company, drawing together the Parisian b-boy culture into contemporary dance. In Paris, he is a point of reference in the b-boy community. In 2020, he created "Apalaches", a choreography that celebrates the reopening of the theaters after the pandemic and highlights all dancers "left in the margins", who represent instead the wealth of the French breakdance.

Nicolas Fayol is known for OhhO (2020), Scala (2018) and Emma: Occhi profondi (2015).

Ndoho Ange is known for Knife + Heart (2018), Apaches au Palais Garnier (2024) and Pauline Croze: Je suis un Renard (2021).

Karim Khouader is known for Monsieur (2019), Apaches au Palais Garnier (2024) and Agathi (2022).

Marina de Remedios is known for Apaches au Palais Garnier (2024).

Thi-Mai Nguyen is known for Mr. Nobody (2009), Blush (2005) and Tabac Rouge (2013).

French dancer, model, choreographer and artistic director of Congolese and Angolan origins. He was born in Le Mans in 1994 and grew up in Colombes. Known with the name of "Miel" among the breakers, he works primarily in the freestyle and electro dance genre, a relatively new urban technique that he's been practicing from the age of 7. With the Alliance Crew Group he became World Electro Dance Champion 2012. In 2015, he met Laura Defretin in the jukebox musical "Résiste". The year after they founded together a dance company called "Mazel Freten" which combines her hip hop background with the typical arm games of the electro dance.

French freelance dancer, teacher and choreographer born in 1994. Often called "Nala" in the hip hop dance scene, she was the first female member to join the dance collective Criminalz Crew in 2007. Since a young age, she's regularly taking part in the underground dance battles of Paris. In 2016, she founded alongside Brandon Masele a duo electro-hop company called "Mazel Freten", which is getting local and international attention from artistic directors, musicians and fashion brands.

French ballet dancer and actress born in 1991. She graduated at the Paris Opera Ballet School and joined the company in 2008. Ten years later she was appointed Premier Danseur (the step before étoile). In 2017, she received from Jean-Louis Beffa an AROP's Price of Danse alongside Germain Louvet. With her partner, Simon Le Borgne, a Paris Opera Ballet sujet, she created in 2018 a dance duo company called "Alt Take", performing in both classical and contemporary productions.

Janina Sarantsina is known for Joli joli (2024), Les papillons noirs (2022) and Hania Rani: F Major (2020).

-Miranda Chan is a movement artist and director. Her work fuses her passion for energetic movement and profound sense of visual aesthetic. Her earliest introduction to movement was through gymnastics and dance at age 7, which she then later pursued at a competitive level. Later in her adulthood, she discovered her fascination with photography and video making. It first began with her being in front of the lens, however she later discovered that she found equal joy and purpose being behind the camera as well.

Chan completed her post-secondary education at the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal (Canada), where she received her diploma in the interpretation of contemporary dance. Always striving for excellence, she spent her summer after her first year at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre where she performed a creation by Carlos De Santos. During her journey at the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal she had the chance to work with Mélanie Demers, Virginie Brunelle, Manon Oligny, Ismael Mouaraki, Catherine Gaudet and Peter Jasko to name a few.

Since graduating she has received a scholarship to train with RUBBERBANDance at their annual summer intensive at Domaine Forget and did an apprenticeship for them. She has also worked with Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Éloize and the Symphonic Orchestra of Montreal. In 2018, she participated in Project FLY, a project offered to 6 graduates of École de danse contemporaine de Montréal, selected through an audition process to take part in a remunerated internship guided by a professional choreographer. During this project she collaborated with Parts & Labour Danse. In 2020, Chan began a project called "Political Bodies"; this project acts as a form of empowerment for those within the work and those who interact with it. A place where marginalized bodies can rise and take their space, be heard and share. It aims to demonstrate and communicate the various roles dance has in our society and how it is often the forgotten route back towards our true selves, while also used as a tool towards becoming bigger than ourselves. Chan creates narratives that re-imagines a more liberated collective future and comments on social phenomenons through various mediums of digital and live performances.

Paris-based freelance dancer, performer, choreographer and model. From 2007 to 2011 she trained at the National High Conservatory of Music and Dance of Lyon. Starting from Abou Lagraa's company "La Baraka", she has since performed and toured with several companies: Paul Les Oiseaux, Paris Opera Ballet, Maryse Delente, Cie SansLettre, Art Track, Cie MoralSoul, LAC, La Marche Bleue by Léo Walk, Peeping Tom, and more.

She enjoys mixing dance and acting, working in different universes. Her record boasts ballet and contemporary stage productions, music videos (for Stromae, Placebo, Elton John to name a few), fashion shows, music festivals, a TV series, Vernon Subutex (2019), short and feature films. In 2015 she served as a stunt double for Lily-Rose Depp in ballet movie The Dancer (2016). Her popularity has led her to be part of many fashion commercials, shoots and advertising campaigns for the likes of Chanel, Cartier, Hermès, Kenzo, Vogue, Nina Ricci, Valentino, Lancôme, Gucci, Bulgari, Swarovski, etc. Alongside Neels Castillon, she created a solo, Ma: The Space between all things (2020), inspired by the Japanese concept of the void.

Laura Bachmann is known for Rone: L(oo)ping (2023), Rain (2014) and Lemonade: Detroit (2013).

Born in Lebanon in1998, Paris-based Yousra Mohsen is the first Middle Eastern dancer to join Le Crazy Horse de Paris in 2018 with the nickname Laïla Liberty. Graduated at L'Académie Internationale de Danse, she toured across the world with Lebanon's Caracalla Dance Theatre from 2016 to 2018. Additionally, she is a choreographer and works as a model with Next Model Management. In 2021, her first music show inspired by the Parisian cabaret, The Liberty Show (2021), debuted in Dubai.

Cristian Lo Presti was born on 23 November 1994 in Catania, Italy. He is an actor and art director, known for The Liberty Show (2021), La Légende du Roi Arthur (2015) and Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 (2021).

French hip hop dancer and choreographer grew up in the suburbs of Paris. She started dancing at a very young age at the MJC Theater of Colombes. In 2006, she puts on a jazz/locking duo called "Second Souffle" with Mohamed El Hajoui, participating in choreographic contests and competitions. After several years of studying biology, she decided in 2015 to pursue a career as a professional dancer. Since 2016, she's been freelancing in several dance and music productions, with many artistic directors such as John Degois, Andrew Skeels, Souhail Marchiche, Brandon Masele, Régine Chopinot and Léo Walk. In 2017 she founded the company ETRA. For the year 2021 she was artist in residence at the Theatre Louis Aragon in Tremblay.

Chris Fargeot is known for BE.GIRL au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (2021), Aufgang: R U Happy & Je vous aime (2021) and Oxmo Puccino: Tendrement (2020).

Tianée Achille is known for Rawayana: Mi Amigo Luis (2020), Global Network: Rampage (2020) and Pulse (2021).

Raphaël Stora is known for The Love Punch (2013), Bonnie Banane: Cha-Cha-Cha (2021) and Orée (2020).

Léo Walk, born Léo Handtschoewercker, is a French b-boy & contemporary dancer, choreographer, model, fashion designer and director. Grew up in the suburbs of Paris, he began from 5 years old to take classical dance lessons. From the age of 6 he started practicing capoeira and doing breakdance battles in the local dance scene. Once found his own style, he started his professional career as a dancer. In 2013 he toured for three years with Christine and the Queens and created in 2018 his own dance company "La Marche Bleue", that quickly conquered the general public. His artistic style, called "The Walkance", involves a forward hip movement which has become his trademark.

Maëva Berthelot is known for Rise (2022), Ólafur Arnalds & Bonobo: Loom (2020) and Bichang Zhou: Lunar (2019).

Liu Xiaoyi is the founder and Artistic Director of Emergency Stairs, experimental theatre company. A committed practitioner with a desire to push artistic boundaries, he is a promising figure at the forefront of the experimental theatre scene in Singapore. Xiaoyi was the recipient of the Young Artist Award by the National Arts Council of Singapore in 2016 and is considered one of the most acclaimed male actors from the Singapore theatre scene.

French freelance dancer, visual artist and choreographer of Middle Eastern descent grew up in Bordeaux. He got early into break dancing and b-boy battles that helped him to deal with his chronic illness, the Crohn's disease. His distinct agile style combines break dance with classical technique and folk elements. In Paris, he founded a dance company under the name of "Anybody Company" and works as a freelance artistic director for fashion and design agencies.