COMPANY

The Julien Lestel Ballet started at the Espace Pierre Cardin in January 2007 for the performance of its first choreography Les Âmes Frères. Today, it has more than twenty choreographies in its repertoire and is composed of twelve dancers from different backgrounds who reveal their own individuality.

"My research is centered on the creation of unrestrained, fluid movements, but also on fractured ones with breaks in rhythm, inducing an emotion so that the spectator can be carried into a combined dynamic of power, sensuality and poetry, all highlighted by the dancers."

ACTIONS

Since 2008, the Julien Lestel Ballet has been actively committed to bringing dance to diverse audiences and has embarked on an awareness campaign where it interacts with all kinds of people through educational projects and choreographic workshops. For example, in the academic sector, as well as with people with mental disability, but also in prisons and in hospitals and retirement homes.

"In this context, my aim is to make dance accessible to everyone so that it can become a means of expression and fulfilment for all - an activity truly without any frontiers"

Aiming to pass on his expertise and passion, he shares his choreographies with young ballets in regional Conservatoires.

Since 2016, he has been teaching at the École Nationale Supérieure de Danse in Marseille.

SUPPORT

Supported mainly by the city of Marseille and PACA region, the Julien Lestel Ballet also receives grants from foundations or private partners.