Estelle Danvers
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Estelle Danvers
Choreographer and Artistic Director
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Estelle Danvers
Choreographer and Artistic Director
A multifaceted artist, Estelle Danvers, dancer and choreographer, achieved great success in July 2021 with her latest creation Un Requiem de Mozart for six dancers and the Adélys string quartet at the Les Escales Brivadoises Festival. Since then, she has reprised this show with great success.
A solidarity artist, she also gives master classes in Benin for young African dancers, whom she supports in their choreographic journeys.
2021, Estelle begins a new creation La Reine Transparente for six dancers, a lyrical singer and a cellist.
Estelle designs her own choreographic creations but enjoys working on varied shows, always with her own instinctive, fluid and musical choreographic language, from opera to musical theatre in all its diversity.
At the Opéra Grand Avignon, in December 2021, Estelle reunited with Jean-François Vinciguerra - with whom she collaborated for the creation of a show Passe ton Bach d'abord (January 2020) - and is the choreographer, assistant director for Hervé's opéra bouffe Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde and plays the role of Fleur de Neige.
In 2020, Estelle created, with her Compagnie Estelle Danvers, founded in 2017, a program of solos and duets, for four to six dancers.
While continuing her creative work and performances, she is involved in work of transmission and exchange with children and adults, in the form of performances, master classes or courses.
In July 2019, at the request of the Aix-les-Bains Lyric Festival, she created her own version of the famous ballet La Gaité́ Parisienne, which was acclaimed by the public and an enthusiastic press.
In 2017, in the process of her own creations, she began her Patchwork project, a concept of shows composed of short pieces with very different universes but which constitute a whole.
The first performance took place at the Café́ de la Danse in Paris in June 2017, for ten dancers, with two pieces, a solo and a finale. Since then, the Patchwork project has expanded with two new pieces. Patchwork was performed at the Salle Jean Gabin in Royan in October 2017, and then several times in festivals and competitions (1st Prize at the Paris Dance Competition).
In 2013, she founded her first Compagnie Lychore. From 2013 to 2017, she collaborated with the Institut des Hauts de Seine and created an original show each year at the Orangerie du Château de Sceaux; her show dedicated to Edith Piaf was particularly noted. Appreciated for her eclecticism, she also designed the choreographies for many operas and operettas such as Les Pêcheurs de Perles, La Traviata, Aida, Turandot, Carmen, La Veuve Mereuse, La Vie Parisienne, La Belle de Cadix... She has been collaborating with the Théâtre d'Irun since 2015 in this dynamic, after having worked on Le Chanteur de Mexico in a Spanish version.
It was at the age of 6 that Estelle Danvers made her debut at the Bordeaux Opera in "Casse-Noisette" alongside Cyril Atanasoff and Noëlla Pontois, under the direction of Maitre Skouratoff, her teacher. She would never leave the stage again. She continued her studies at the Bordeaux National Conservatory, obtaining several medals in various disciplines. At the same time, she was trained by Maitre Paoli at the Bordeaux Academy of Dance, who integrated her into the Jeunes Ballets d'Aquitaine. She thus had the opportunity to work with choreographers from very different backgrounds, such as Reynald Désiré, Pascal Touzeau and Pascal Montrouge.... She then obtained her first contracts with Bordeaux companies such as those of Vincent Harisdo and Martine Periat. In 1994, she obtained her state diploma as a classical dance teacher and taught for a few years. In 1996, she won first prize in the Yzeure choreographic competition with the mention "Excellent", confirming her personal creative need. From then on, she followed this path and began a career as a guest choreographer in many theaters (notably Théâtre de l'Odéon - Opéra de Marseille) and companies in France, while remaining a sought-after performer. In 2011, in addition to being a performer, she became choreographer of the Festival Lyrique d'Aix-les-Bains, where she is invited every year.
The Estelle Danvers Company aims to give substance to the artistic projects of its choreographer.
Jessica Bossard
Dancer performer
Jessica has been immersed in the world of dance since she was very young in a private school "Top Dance" north of Montpellier. In 2014, she went to train at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Danse de Marseille until 2019. Always looking for new encounters and driven by a desire to go even further, she entered the advanced training cycle at the Conservatoire de Danse d'Avignon in September 2021. That same year, she spent several weeks as an intern at the Metz Opera Ballet and the Opéra Nationale du Rhin Ballet. In June 2022, she signed her first two contracts with the Compagnie Estelle d'Anvers and the Compagnie Eugénie Andrin in which she performed on the stage of the prestigious Opéra de Monte-Carlo in Monaco. That same year, she also worked at the Opéra du Capitole in Toulouse in the production Rusalka, directed by Stéphano Poda. She regularly collaborates with the Lychore Company, most recently at the Budapesti Operettszínház and the Festival
Lyric of Aix-les-Bains.
Domitille Demaret
Dancer performer
Trained at the École Nationale Supérieure de Danse de Marseille and then at the Cannes Jeune Ballet, where she obtained her Diplôme National Supérieur, Domitille Demaret has developed a career in France and internationally. A performer at the intersection of neoclassical and contemporary, she also explores hybrid and site-specific forms, collaborating with choreographers and artists from diverse backgrounds. She first collaborated with choreographers Pascal Touzeau and Sohrâb Chitan, before joining the Delattre Dance Company (Germany). Since 2022, she has danced with the Compagnie Nahlo (France), where she works closely with choreographer Lohan Jacquet and composer Mézinc. In 2023, she participated in Chiroptera, a collective creation bringing together Damien Jalet, JR and Thomas Bangalter, and more recently collaborated with choreographer Estelle Danvers. Alongside her career as a performer, Domitille leads personal and interdisciplinary projects. Co-founder of the U N I M A collective, she develops creations where dance, music and visual arts meet.
Anaïs Suchet
Dancer performer
A naïs trained at the Bordeaux Conservatory, where she obtained her diploma in graphic choreography studies, then perfected her skills in Paris with renowned teachers and completed her training at the VM Ballet School in Toulouse. In 2015, she joined the Palais d'Hiver Saint-Pétersbourg Ballet, then the Compagnie Chorégraphique François Mauduit, where she tackled choreography as well as Balanchine's pieces. At the same time, she worked with ATL Production, the LaFayette Ballet, the FolleAventure company and the Atelier du Spectacle.
In 2019 she joined the B&M Compagnie as a dancer and performer within the B&M Compagnie 2. In 2020, she worked with the Cie Illicite Bayonne for the production Eden under the direction of Fabio Lopez.
Since 2020, she has also collaborated with the Lychore Company for numerous musical theater and event shows.
The same year, she joined the Estelle Danvers Company and participated in all of its creations (Patchwork, A Eux Seuls, Requiem, BeBach).
Maxime Bordessoules
Dancer performer
Maxime Bordessoules trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Danse de Lyon. A dancer and young professional choreographer, he danced for five years in Israel with several companies such as Kamea Dance Company and Fresco Dance Company. Maxime has been working in France since 2020, for various structures, mainly in Josette Baïz's Compagnie Grenade in Aix-en-Provence.
Alongside his work as a dancer, Maxime learned choreography, notably through the young collective Les Filles de Mnemosyne, of which he is co-director. Constantly seeking to develop his versatility, his artistic universe fluctuates between contemporary dance and neoclassical dance.
He joined the Estelle Danvers Company in 2023.
Guillaume Caballe
Dancer performer
Guillaume began dancing in Toulouse and trained at the VM Ballet School and then in its junior ballet. He then worked at the Palais d'Hiver Saint Petersburg, as a classical and contemporary dancer. Subsequently, he collaborated with different companies such as the B Compagnie, the Ballet de France or the Ballet & Modern Compagnie. A versatile dancer, he also worked in a cabaret (Le Moulin des Roches), as well as on various projects such as theater, television shows, etc.
Since 2020, he has also worked with the Lychore Company for numerous musical theater and event shows.
He has been working with Estelle Danvers since 2018 and participates in all the creations.
Flavian Laigle
Dancer performer
Classical, jazz and contemporary dancer, Flavian began dancing at the age of three, then joined the professional class of the Besso Ballet Academy at the age of ten. In 2010, he joined the Capitole Ballet for 2 years, under the direction of Nanette Glushak. Subsequently, Flavian traveled and worked with several companies, then in 2015 he joined the Palais d'Hiver de Saint Petersburg Ballet until 2016, then the Bcompagnie His versatility allows him to also work in several companies and cabarets. He regularly collaborates with the Capitole de Toulouse.
He joined the Estelle Danvers Company in 2021.
Serge Malet
Dancer performer
After studying classical dance at the Conservatory of Reunion Island, he graduated in contemporary dance from the CNSMD in Lyon. He has worked with choreographers such as Stanislas Wisniewski, Lionel Hoche, Yuval Pick, Michel Kelemenis, Laura Scozzi... He discovered the world of lyricism at the Aix-les-Bains festival, as well as at the Marseille Opera and in other programs. He trained in baroque dance with Marie-Geneviève Massé. He is also an assistant choreographer at the Lyon Opera on several productions, working alongside conductors such as Marc Minkowski, Hervé Niquet and William Christie.
A long-time stage partner of Estelle Danvers, he logically became one of her principal dancers and has been part of the Company's project from the beginning.
Guillaume Revaud
Dancer performer
A versatile dancer, Guillaume trained at the Ballet Studio Marius with Eric Dufrier and Marie Claude Rous, in classical, contemporary and jazz.
His first experiences were varied: at the Avignon Festival with the Piège de Lumière Company and in various musical theatre pieces (with Prom'Opéra in Toulon, at the Nice Opera, at the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Marseille and at the Royal Opera of Wallonia in Liège.
He then became a solo dancer for the Panov Theater Ballet in Israel, where he stayed for 5 years.
On his return to France, he collaborated with various companies such as Contretemps Danse, Glam'Event and the cabaret l'Etoile Bleue.
He joined the Estelle Danvers Company in 2023.
Loïc Richard
Actor
It was at the age of eleven that Loïc had his first stage experience at the Festival d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence. He joined the International Academy of Performing Arts and trained in many performing arts: theater, singing, dance, mime, fencing, masked acting, etc.
In 2018, he co-founded the Collectif Le PAGE, with which he proposed numerous multidisciplinary projects.
In the theatre, he particularly defends the classical repertoire (The Marriage of Figaro, The Fourberies of Scapin, A Midsummer Night's Dream, L'Amour Médecin...). In the cinema, he can be seen alongside Marina Foïs in the feature film L'Année du Requin by Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma. In the opera, he plays under the direction of conductors such as Marc Minkowksi, Pierre Dumoussaud or David Stern, with the orchestras of Bordeaux, Nancy, or Opera Fuoco. In particular, he creates shows at the Bordeaux National Opera for young spectators: Peter and the Wolf, The Carnival of the Animals, The Soldier's Tale... He also introduces young audiences to the world of opera or ballet in educational shows.
He opened up to opera staging with the creation of the show Don Giovannino at the Bordeaux Opera, and signed the staging of the opera Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod with the Geneva Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Marc Leroy-Calatayud, with the tenor Benjamin Bernheim.
At the same time, he multiplies musical readings alongside prestigious musicians and explores the contemporary musical repertoire for spoken voice. Accustomed to public readings, he records many novels in audio book (Monsieur Lecoq, Les Mystères de Paris, Aux Abois, Le Seuil...) for Éditions VOolume.
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