Classical Foundation
An artist since childhood, I trained for 20 years in classical ballet. At age six, I joined the association Danse en Île-de-France, where I began my training in classical and character dance under Cécile Daniker, a former competitive figure skater turned dance instructor.
I subsequently had the opportunity to study with teachers from the Royal Ballet of London, including Yvonne Cartier. Those years gave me a solid technical foundation, a love of the stage, and a standard of excellence that continues to guide my work.
Competitions and Early Stage Experience
From a young age, I performed on stage numerous times, notably dancing the grand pas de deux from Act III of The Sleeping Beauty.
Starting at age eight, I competed in the Centre National de la Danse competitions. In 2011 and 2012, I earned two gold medals with the jury’s commendation at the Performance Awards of the American Academy of Ballet.
In 2013, I enrolled in the advanced classical program at the Conservatory of Poissy before continuing my studies at the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense.
Studies, Studios, and a Professional Turning Point
During my university years, I continued training at Paris studios such as Studio Harmonic, Elephant Paname, and Lax Studio. In 2016, I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology with honors.
After two administrative rejections to the master’s program I had set my sights on, I chose to read it as a sign — and committed fully to my childhood dream of becoming a professional dancer.
A Philosophy of Movement
My classical training profoundly shaped me. It taught me commitment, rigor, performance, and listening to the body. It also revealed how much the human body can express — nuance, story, and truth.
My teaching rests on simple values: respect for the body, self-awareness, conscious movement, and every dancer’s capacity to take ownership of their progress.
Current Training and Influences
Largely self-taught, I have explored some twenty additional styles, which I continue to deepen and question:
- Dance sport with Frantz Ducroix, French champion and international judge;
- West Coast Swing with Léna Rummel, director of Le Temple du Swing;
- Salsa and Brazilian zouk with Alex Lima;
- Jazz, contemporary, hip-hop, street jazz, heels, acrobatics, and contortion.
In 2017, I joined the Choréia Intensive Program, a high-level professional training. More recently, work in New York City pushed me past my limits and expanded my movement vocabulary.
Teaching Philosophy
My artistic collaborations and diverse practices feed my own pedagogy. I strive to guide each student toward a finer understanding of their body — enriching technical work, interpretation, and creation alike.
This is what I call my Move Philosophy: a culture of movement built from the diversity of bodies, styles, and experiences.
Festivals and Collaborations
I have had the opportunity to dance, teach, or present my work at numerous national and international festivals, including:
- Suave Dance Festival, Paris;
- Sweden Kizomba Festival, Gothenburg;
- Brussels Kizomba Festival, Brussels;
- Kiz & More Festival, Bourges;
- French Touch Kizomba Festival, Beauvais;
- Sweden Sensual Days, Gothenburg;
- All in Kizomba Festival, Toulouse;
- Skin2Skin Congress, Pisa;
- Mini Weekender Vamola, Malmö;
- Orléans Dance Festival;
- Freedom Kiz, Clermont-Ferrand;
- Sensual Weekend Gala Kizomba and Bachata, Cologne;
- Thursday Kizomba, Bangkok;
- Paris Bachata Congress;
- SFSBKZ, San Francisco;
- Symposium Salsa Festival, Paris.