Dream
Ballet Julien Lestel
Music : Jóhann JOHANNSSON – Iván JULLIARD – Nina SIMONE
Costumes : Patrick MURRU Lights : Lo Ammy VAIMATAPAKO
With the dancers of the Ballet Julien Lestel and guest artist Alexandra Cardinale of the Paris Opera.
Julien Lestel offers us a creation on the theme of dreams..
He takes the viewer toward an emotion aroused by gestures and leads him into a dynamic where power, sensuality and poetry are combined, highlighted by the virtuoso technique of the performers.
« Dream takes us where our deepest and most secret desires reside. Unconfessed dreams, unassailable impulses and passions find expression in this world conducive to imagination. Our fears and anxieties are sheltered there, territory sometimes unknown to ourselves. In a visceral impulse springs a dance of an exacerbated physicality and a vibrant sensuality. » Julien Lestel
A creation of incomparable modernity and power. Dream highlights the singularity of each dancer in an athletic and fleshly gesture.
« Resolutely modern choreography … a condensate of grace, tonicity and esthetics … the spectator is as in weightlessness, both delivered from his concerns of the moment and projected into a poetic and regenerating universe. »
Le Point, Jérôme Béglé
«Dream is a powerful and visceral choreography, very organic, which brings together eleven dancers of very high level on the set. »
La Terrasse, Agnès Isrine
The Ballet Julien Lestel receives the support of the city of Marseille and the Departmental Council of Bouches-du-Rhone. Julien Lestel is an artist associated with the Gascogne Mont-de-Marsan theater, a subsidized stage of national interest.
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The Artists
BALLET JULIEN LESTEL
JULIEN LESTEL
Choreographer
Director Ballet Julien Lestel
Principal dancer
of the Ballet National de Marseille (1999-2011)
Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (1993-1998)
In the lineage of Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin or Crystal Pite, choreographer Julien Lestel imposes a singular style with his resolutely modern, unique, aesthetic and powerful creations. Trained at the Ballet Dance School of the Opéra National de Paris and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris where he obtained a First Prize, Julien Lestel then worked with Rudolph Noureev who offered him to dance Cinderella at the San Carlo Theater in Naples, Then he joined the Ballets de Monte Carlo, the Ballet of the Opéra National de Paris, the Ballet of Zürich where he was hired as principal dancer and finally, the Ballet National de Marseille as a partner of Marie-Claude Pietragalla. He has worked with Noureev, Robbins, Kylian, Forsythe, Preljocaj, Roland Petit, Pina Bausch, Malandain… and danced the choreographies of Petipa, Balanchine, Neumeier, Scholz, Lifar, Ashton, Nijinsky…
As a choreographer and dancer, he accompanies actors Pierre Arditi, Marie-Christine Barrault and Macha Méril in readings of literary texts.
He then collaborated with the pianist François-René Duchâble who played on stage in several of his creations – Anastylose, Rachmaninov, Solo and Opus – as well as with the composer Karol Beffa who created the music for Corps et Âmes. He participated in the Gala des Étoiles du XXIe siècle at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées where he danced Les Âmes Frères, one of his creations. He also choreographs the dance parts of operas: Les Pêcheurs de perles, Aïda at the Opéra de Massy and Manon, as well as La Vie parisienne at the Opéra de Marseille.
The Ballet Julien Lestel was born in January 2007 at the Espace Pierre Cardin during the performance of its first choreography Les Âmes Frères. Today, it brings together eleven dancers from different backgrounds and has in its repertoire more than twenty choreographies broadcast in France and abroad in which each can reveal their singularity while remaining faithful to the modern neoclassical style which characterizes that of choreographies.
In 2018, he collaborated with Éléonora Abbagnato, Director of the Rome Opera Ballet, adapting his Puccini choreography for the dancers of the Julien Lestel Ballet and the Rome Opera Ballet.
In 2021 he produced a Web-Series of fourteen episodes The Eternal and the Ephemeral, in collaboration with Alexandra Cardinale – choreographies produced at the Rodin Museum, the Paris Museum of Modern Art and the Quai Branly Museum – Jacques Chirac.
Julien Lestel is committed to a policy of awareness-raising actions. He meets all kinds of audiences during educational projects and choreographic workshops. For example, in schools from kindergarten to high school, with adolescents suffering from autistic disorders or mental disabilities as well as in prison environments, but also in residences for the elderly and hospitals.
In Marseille, he has been leading workshops since January 2023 for a group of blind and psychotic adults living in an IRSAM (Regional Institute for the Deaf and Blind of Marseille) home.
“My research is centered on the creation of fluid gestures without restraint, but also of broken movements with a break in rhythm so that the spectator can be taken towards an emotion and at the same time drawn into a dynamic where power, sensuality and poetry highlighted by the performers. »
The Julien Lestel Ballet had an exceptionally long residency at the Opéra de Massy (2012-2021). Today the Ballet receives support from the City of Marseille and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region as well as aid from foundations and private partners.
Julien Lestel is also a teacher at the National Dance School of Marseille.
JULIEN LESTEL
Choreographer Director
Ballet Julien Lestel
JULIEN LESTEL
Choreographer
Director Ballet Julien Lestel
Principal dancer
of the Ballet National de Marseille (1999-2011)
Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (1993-1998)
In the lineage of Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin or Crystal Pite, choreographer Julien Lestel imposes a singular style with his resolutely modern, unique, aesthetic and powerful creations. Trained at the Ballet Dance School of the Opéra National de Paris and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris where he obtained a First Prize, Julien Lestel then worked with Rudolph Noureev who offered him to dance Cinderella at the San Carlo Theater in Naples, Then he joined the Ballets de Monte Carlo, the Ballet of the Opéra National de Paris, the Ballet of Zürich where he was hired as principal dancer and finally, the Ballet National de Marseille as a partner of Marie-Claude Pietragalla. He has worked with Noureev, Robbins, Kylian, Forsythe, Preljocaj, Roland Petit, Pina Bausch, Malandain… and danced the choreographies of Petipa, Balanchine, Neumeier, Scholz, Lifar, Ashton, Nijinsky…
As a choreographer and dancer, he accompanies actors Pierre Arditi, Marie-Christine Barrault and Macha Méril in readings of literary texts.
He then collaborated with the pianist François-René Duchâble who played on stage in several of his creations – Anastylose, Rachmaninov, Solo and Opus – as well as with the composer Karol Beffa who created the music for Corps et Âmes. He participated in the Gala des Étoiles du XXIe siècle at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées where he danced Les Âmes Frères, one of his creations. He also choreographs the dance parts of operas: Les Pêcheurs de perles, Aïda at the Opéra de Massy and Manon, as well as La Vie parisienne at the Opéra de Marseille.
The Ballet Julien Lestel was born in January 2007 at the Espace Pierre Cardin during the performance of its first choreography Les Âmes Frères. Today, it brings together eleven dancers from different backgrounds and has in its repertoire more than twenty choreographies broadcast in France and abroad in which each can reveal their singularity while remaining faithful to the modern neoclassical style which characterizes that of choreographies.
In 2018, he collaborated with Éléonora Abbagnato, Director of the Rome Opera Ballet, adapting his Puccini choreography for the dancers of the Julien Lestel Ballet and the Rome Opera Ballet.
In 2021 he produced a Web-Series of fourteen episodes The Eternal and the Ephemeral, in collaboration with Alexandra Cardinale – choreographies produced at the Rodin Museum, the Paris Museum of Modern Art and the Quai Branly Museum – Jacques Chirac.
Julien Lestel is committed to a policy of awareness-raising actions. He meets all kinds of audiences during educational projects and choreographic workshops. For example, in schools from kindergarten to high school, with adolescents suffering from autistic disorders or mental disabilities as well as in prison environments, but also in residences for the elderly and hospitals.
In Marseille, he has been leading workshops since January 2023 for a group of blind and psychotic adults living in an IRSAM (Regional Institute for the Deaf and Blind of Marseille) home.
“My research is centered on the creation of fluid gestures without restraint, but also of broken movements with a break in rhythm so that the spectator can be taken towards an emotion and at the same time drawn into a dynamic where power, sensuality and poetry highlighted by the performers. »
The Julien Lestel Ballet had an exceptionally long residency at the Opéra de Massy (2012-2021). Today the Ballet receives support from the City of Marseille and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region as well as aid from foundations and private partners.
Julien Lestel is also a teacher at the National Dance School of Marseille.
GILLES PORTE
Soloist dancer – Master of Ballet
Ballet Julien Lestel
Ballet National de Marseille (1999-2011)
Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (1992-1998)
Trained at the Paris Opera Dance School directed by Claude Bessy, he has worked with Serge Golovine, Daniel Franck, Lucien Duthoit and Gilbert Mayer. He joined then the Corps de Ballett de l’Opéra under the direction of Patrick Dupond and then Brigitte Lefèvre. He was Quadrille and promoted to Corypheus. He has danced the choreographies of Rudolph Noureev, Petipa, Bournonville, Balanchine, Graham, Cunningham, Bagouet and worked with Patrice Bart, John Neumeier, Angelin Preljocaj, Carolyn Carlson, Roland Petit who chose him for their creations. He then joined the ballets of Zurich where he danced the choreographies of Van Manen and Spoerli. He was then hired as a soloist dancer at the Ballet National de Marseille under the direction of Marie-Claude Pietragalla and then Frédéric Flamand. In July 2006, Gilles Porte participated in the creation of the Julien Lestel Ballet as an performer and assisted him in all his creations.
GILLES PORTE
Soloist dancer – Master of Ballet
Ballet Julien Lestel
GILLES PORTE
Soloist dancer – Master of Ballet
Ballet Julien Lestel
Ballet National de Marseille (1999-2011)
Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (1992-1998)
Trained at the Paris Opera Dance School directed by Claude Bessy, he has worked with Serge Golovine, Daniel Franck, Lucien Duthoit and Gilbert Mayer. He joined then the Corps de Ballett de l’Opéra under the direction of Patrick Dupond and then Brigitte Lefèvre. He was Quadrille and promoted to Corypheus. He has danced the choreographies of Rudolph Noureev, Petipa, Bournonville, Balanchine, Graham, Cunningham, Bagouet and worked with Patrice Bart, John Neumeier, Angelin Preljocaj, Carolyn Carlson, Roland Petit who chose him for their creations. He then joined the ballets of Zurich where he danced the choreographies of Van Manen and Spoerli. He was then hired as a soloist dancer at the Ballet National de Marseille under the direction of Marie-Claude Pietragalla and then Frédéric Flamand. In July 2006, Gilles Porte participated in the creation of the Julien Lestel Ballet as an performer and assisted him in all his creations.
ALEXANDRA CARDINALE
Producer and Artistic Director
AC Opéra Ballet Production
Soloist dancer
Ballet of the Paris Opera (1993-2018)
During her six years of selection and training in classical and contemporary dance, she also pursued traditional schooling. Claude Bessy entrusted her with the leading roles in the Prisoner of the Caucasus and in La Fille Mal Gardée at the Palais Garnier.
In July 1993, she came out first in the Entry Competition at the Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris under the direction of Patrick Dupond. From her first year in the Opera Ballet, the latter invited her to dance “outside the walls” in his personal tours (Patrick Dupond and friends).
She was raised to the rank of Corypheus after performing the variation of Carmen de Roland Petit under the direction of Brigitte Lefèvre. She has danced all the great works of the classical repertoire: La Bayadère, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote by Rudolph Noureev, Les Ballets by George Balanchine, Roland Petit, Serge Lifar, Vaslav Nijinski, Jerome Robbins, Pierre Lacotte, Maurice Béjart… and also contemporary works: Pina Bausch, William Forsythe, Angelin Preljocaj or Wayne McGregor … chose her for their creations at the Opera.
Under the direction of Benjamin Millepied, then director of the Paris Opera, she participated in Boris Charmatz’s “20 dancers for the 20th century” event in the Grand Foyer of the Palais Garnier. She is also part of the artistic creation of visual artist Tino Sehgal.
Marie-Claude Pietragalla entrusted her with the Star role in Don Quixote at the Opéra National de Marseille.
She has taken part in international tours of the Paris Opera and galas as a guest, promoting he excellence of French ballet (Metropolitan Opera – New York, NHK – Japan, Kremlin – Russia, Kiev Opera – Ukraine, Beijing National Grand Theater and Shanghai Opera – China, La Scala de Milan, La Fenice – Venice – Italy, Vienna Opera, Singapore, Argentina, Finland, Spain, United Arab Emirates…).
Alongside her career as a dancer, Alexandra Cardinale received the Entrepreneurship and Management – Sciences -Po Paris diploma, as well as the State Diploma of Dance Professor at the National Dance Center (CND).
Alexandra Cardinale created AC Opéra Ballet Production in 2010. It presents exceptional ballet evenings such as Gala d’Étoiles, which has become a reference and an anticipated event. Also driven by contemporary creation, she dances and participates in the production of the latest choreographies of the Julien Lestel Ballet.
In 2018, Alexandra bade farewell to the Paris Opera scene after 30 years in this great institution. Since then, she has continued her career as a soloist dancer and finds her accomplishment by producing a wide variety of ballets, wishing to make everyone want to discover dance and wishing to share all the emotions aroused by this art.
Since 2023, the Étoile dancer Hugo Marchand has entrusted her with the production and realization of Les Etoiles au Château in emblematic places of French heritage in order to make dance accessible to all and to offer a prestigious stage with the Étoiles de l’Opéra from Paris.
Alexandra Cardinale never ceases to put her sensitivity and her high standards at the service of dance, its diffusion and its promotion while designing highly technical scenographic montages.
ALEXANDRA CARDINALE
Producer and Artistic Director
AC Opéra Ballet Production
Soloist dancer
Ballet of the Paris Opera
ALEXANDRA CARDINALE
Producer and Artistic Director
AC Opéra Ballet Production
Soloist dancer
Ballet of the Paris Opera (1993-2018)
During her six years of selection and training in classical and contemporary dance, she also pursued traditional schooling. Claude Bessy entrusted her with the leading roles in the Prisoner of the Caucasus and in La Fille Mal Gardée at the Palais Garnier.
In July 1993, she came out first in the Entry Competition at the Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris under the direction of Patrick Dupond. From her first year in the Opera Ballet, the latter invited her to dance “outside the walls” in his personal tours (Patrick Dupond and friends).
She was raised to the rank of Corypheus after performing the variation of Carmen de Roland Petit under the direction of Brigitte Lefèvre. She has danced all the great works of the classical repertoire: La Bayadère, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote by Rudolph Noureev, Les Ballets by George Balanchine, Roland Petit, Serge Lifar, Vaslav Nijinski, Jerome Robbins, Pierre Lacotte, Maurice Béjart… and also contemporary works: Pina Bausch, William Forsythe, Angelin Preljocaj or Wayne McGregor … chose her for their creations at the Opera.
Under the direction of Benjamin Millepied, then director of the Paris Opera, she participated in Boris Charmatz’s “20 dancers for the 20th century” event in the Grand Foyer of the Palais Garnier. She is also part of the artistic creation of visual artist Tino Sehgal.
Marie-Claude Pietragalla entrusted her with the Star role in Don Quixote at the Opéra National de Marseille.
She has taken part in international tours of the Paris Opera and galas as a guest, promoting he excellence of French ballet (Metropolitan Opera – New York, NHK – Japan, Kremlin – Russia, Kiev Opera – Ukraine, Beijing National Grand Theater and Shanghai Opera – China, La Scala de Milan, La Fenice – Venice – Italy, Vienna Opera, Singapore, Argentina, Finland, Spain, United Arab Emirates…).
Alongside her career as a dancer, Alexandra Cardinale received the Entrepreneurship and Management – Sciences -Po Paris diploma, as well as the State Diploma of Dance Professor at the National Dance Center (CND).
Alexandra Cardinale created AC Opéra Ballet Production in 2010. It presents exceptional ballet evenings such as Gala d’Étoiles, which has become a reference and an anticipated event. Also driven by contemporary creation, she dances and participates in the production of the latest choreographies of the Julien Lestel Ballet.
In 2018, Alexandra bade farewell to the Paris Opera scene after 30 years in this great institution. Since then, she has continued her career as a soloist dancer and finds her accomplishment by producing a wide variety of ballets, wishing to make everyone want to discover dance and wishing to share all the emotions aroused by this art.
Since 2023, the Étoile dancer Hugo Marchand has entrusted her with the production and realization of Les Etoiles au Château in emblematic places of French heritage in order to make dance accessible to all and to offer a prestigious stage with the Étoiles de l’Opéra from Paris.
Alexandra Cardinale never ceases to put her sensitivity and her high standards at the service of dance, its diffusion and its promotion while designing highly technical scenographic montages.
EVA BÉGUÉ
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
Éva Bégué joined the Avignon Conservatory at the age of thirteen under the direction of Thierry Boyer.
In 2015, she joined the National School of Dance of Marseille under the direction of Omar Taiebi and continued her training until 2021.
In parallel, she worked in 2018 and 2019 at the Opéra National de Paris with Jean-Guillaume Bart and Sébastien Bertaud for the production of a series.
In March 2021, she joined the Ballet Julien Lestel.
EVA BÉGUÉ
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
EVA BÉGUÉ
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
Éva Bégué joined the Avignon Conservatory at the age of thirteen under the direction of Thierry Boyer.
In 2015, she joined the National School of Dance of Marseille under the direction of Omar Taiebi and continued her training until 2021.
In parallel, she worked in 2018 and 2019 at the Opéra National de Paris with Jean-Guillaume Bart and Sébastien Bertaud for the production of a series.
In March 2021, she joined the Ballet Julien Lestel.
TITOUAN BONGINI
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
After a two-year training at the VM Ballet in Toulouse, Titouan Bongini was hired at the age of eighteen at the Rudra-Béjart School in Lausanne, Switzerland for two years.
He then worked in the Ballet du Béjart Ballet Lausanne under the direction of Gil Roman.
In June 2020, he joined the Julien Lestel Ballet.
TITOUAN BONGINI
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
TITOUAN BONGINI
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
After a two-year training at the VM Ballet in Toulouse, Titouan Bongini was hired at the age of eighteen at the Rudra-Béjart School in Lausanne, Switzerland for two years.
He then worked in the Ballet du Béjart Ballet Lausanne under the direction of Gil Roman.
In June 2020, he joined the Julien Lestel Ballet.
FLORENT CAZENEUVE
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
After training at VM Ballet Studio in Toulouse, Florent Cazeneuve worked with the Nice Méditerranée Ballet where he danced the choreographies of Nacho Duato, Léo Staats and Gene Kelly. He then worked with the Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse where he danced the choreographies of Kader Belarbi, Charles Jude, Thierry Maladain, Davide Bombana, Jean Dauberval and Marius Petipa. He joined the Julien Lestel Ballet in September 2016.
FLORENT CAZENEUVE
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
FLORENT CAZENEUVE
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
After training at VM Ballet Studio in Toulouse, Florent Cazeneuve worked with the Nice Méditerranée Ballet where he danced the choreographies of Nacho Duato, Léo Staats and Gene Kelly. He then worked with the Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse where he danced the choreographies of Kader Belarbi, Charles Jude, Thierry Maladain, Davide Bombana, Jean Dauberval and Marius Petipa. He joined the Julien Lestel Ballet in September 2016.
JEAN-BAPTISTE DE GIMEL
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
After starting his training at the Conservatoire de Paris, in 2014 Jean-Baptiste continued his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris.
He joined the Junior Ballet where he danced pieces by Fokine, Kylian and Kelemenis.
After a visit to the Ballet du Rhin for the production of the Strada by Mario pistons, he was hired by Preljocaj in 2016, first in the Junior Ballets and then in the GUID.
He joined the Julien Lestel Ballet in June 2018.
JEAN-BAPTISTE DE GIMEL
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
JEAN-BAPTISTE DE GIMEL
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
After starting his training at the Conservatoire de Paris, in 2014 Jean-Baptiste continued his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris.
He joined the Junior Ballet where he danced pieces by Fokine, Kylian and Kelemenis.
After a visit to the Ballet du Rhin for the production of the Strada by Mario pistons, he was hired by Preljocaj in 2016, first in the Junior Ballets and then in the GUID.
He joined the Julien Lestel Ballet in June 2018.
ROXANE KATRUN
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
Trained at the Grand Avignon Conservatory, Roxanne Katrun then joined the National School of Dance of Marseille. She continued her education at the Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower under the direction of Paola Cantalupo where she obtained her diploma of choreographic studies. She has danced the choreographies of Claude Brumachon, Davide Bombana, Olivier Dubois, Francesco Curci and Marius Petipa. She joined the Julien Lestel Ballet in September 2017.
ROXANE KATRUN
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
ROXANE KATRUN
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
Trained at the Grand Avignon Conservatory, Roxanne Katrun then joined the National School of Dance of Marseille. She continued her education at the Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower under the direction of Paola Cantalupo where she obtained her diploma of choreographic studies. She has danced the choreographies of Claude Brumachon, Davide Bombana, Olivier Dubois, Francesco Curci and Marius Petipa. She joined the Julien Lestel Ballet in September 2017.
INGRID LE BRETON
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
Ingrid Le Breton started dancing at the age of three in a small dance school called “Top Dance” near Montpellier. She has participated in regional, national and international competitions.
She continued her training in a dance school in Sports Study in Toulouse.
She joined the National higher School of Dance of Marseille in September 2017, under the direction of Omar Taibei, and followed her training, including two years in sports study in a high school, and two years post-Bac. She received a classical and contemporary dance training.
She has participated in school shows and complementary projects with invited choreographers.
She worked with the Art of Gaia company of Florencia Gonzalez for a new artistic creation in 2021.
She joined the Julien Lestel Ballet in September 2021.
INGRID LE BRETON
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
INGRID LE BRETON
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
Ingrid Le Breton started dancing at the age of three in a small dance school called “Top Dance” near Montpellier. She has participated in regional, national and international competitions.
She continued her training in a dance school in Sports Study in Toulouse.
She joined the National higher School of Dance of Marseille in September 2017, under the direction of Omar Taibei, and followed her training, including two years in sports study in a high school, and two years post-Bac. She received a classical and contemporary dance training.
She has participated in school shows and complementary projects with invited choreographers.
She worked with the Art of Gaia company of Florencia Gonzalez for a new artistic creation in 2021.
She joined the Julien Lestel Ballet in September 2021.
INÈS PAGOTTO
Soloist dancer
Julien Lestel Ballet
Inès Pagotto started dancing at the age of 5. From the age of 8, she participated in regional, national and international competitions. In 2015, she joined the National School of Dance of Marseille under the direction of Omar Taibei.
From 2015 to 2019, she was taught by Mireille Bourgeois, Julien Lestel, Agnès Lascombes and Marie-Claude Dubus.
In June 2019, she joined the Julien Lestel Ballet at the age of 17.
INÈS PAGOTTO
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
INÈS PAGOTTO
Soloist dancer
Julien Lestel Ballet
Inès Pagotto started dancing at the age of 5. From the age of 8, she participated in regional, national and international competitions. In 2015, she joined the National School of Dance of Marseille under the direction of Omar Taibei.
From 2015 to 2019, she was taught by Mireille Bourgeois, Julien Lestel, Agnès Lascombes and Marie-Claude Dubus.
In June 2019, she joined the Julien Lestel Ballet at the age of 17.
MARA WHITTINGTON
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
Trained at the Conservatoire de la Rochelle, she then joined the Conservatoire d’Avignon. She worked with the Compagnie Révelenscène and then Richard Digoué’s Compagnie Nyian in New Caledonia. In 2012, she joined the Julien Lestel Ballet Ballet.
MARA WHITTINGTON
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
MARA WHITTINGTON
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
Trained at the Conservatoire de la Rochelle, she then joined the Conservatoire d’Avignon. She worked with the Compagnie Révelenscène and then Richard Digoué’s Compagnie Nyian in New Caledonia. In 2012, she joined the Julien Lestel Ballet Ballet.
MAXENCE CHIPPAUX
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
After an apprenticeship in hip-hop and Latin dances where he was four times vice champion of France at the age of 11, Maxence has training followed at the School of Dance Animours in contemporary and jazz, at the Conservatory of Valence in classical, at the Olivier Coste Dance School and obtained his EAT jazz, then at the National Dance School of Marseille under the direction of Omar Taïbi. We notice it in The choreographies of A. Preljocaj and J. Lestel.
He joined the Ballet Julien Lestel in 2022.
MAXENCE CHIPPAUX
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
MAXENCE CHIPPAUX
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
After an apprenticeship in hip-hop and Latin dances where he was four times vice champion of France at the age of 11, Maxence has training followed at the School of Dance Animours in contemporary and jazz, at the Conservatory of Valence in classical, at the Olivier Coste Dance School and obtained his EAT jazz, then at the National Dance School of Marseille under the direction of Omar Taïbi. We notice it in The choreographies of A. Preljocaj and J. Lestel.
He joined the Ballet Julien Lestel in 2022.
LOUIS PLAZER
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
After training at the Angoulême Conservatory, then at the VM Ballet in Toulouse, Louis Plazer joined the National Ballet of Bordeaux to dance Notre Dame de Paris by R. Petit.
He joined the Ballet Julien Lestel in 2022.
LOUIS PLAZER
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
LOUIS PLAZER
Soloist dancer
Ballet Julien Lestel
After training at the Angoulême Conservatory, then at the VM Ballet in Toulouse, Louis Plazer joined the National Ballet of Bordeaux to dance Notre Dame de Paris by R. Petit.
He joined the Ballet Julien Lestel in 2022.