MARIE PIERRAT

I was eight years old when I started dancing. My mother and my grand-mother were dancers too. At school I was an average pupil. I was a quiet child and dance was my way to express.

 

At 13 years old I was sure to become a dancer and I left my family in Paris to go to the Opera of Marseille. I began to realize the importance of the work to make a success. I was working with teachers from Opéra de Paris and Scala of Milan.  I studied Italian and French styles with different techniques of ballet.

 

My taste for travelling developed at the same time.  I spent five winter in Conakry to learn African and traditional dance. It was also a human adventure; what has fed my dance.

 

I was admitted in the international dance academy in Paris (2004).  I had training and five exams before getting my classic graduate. In the same time I had different contracts with companies and choreographers such as Maurice Béjart.

 

After my graduate I wanted to strengthen my jazz level. So I danced with Alexandra Lemoine. She dances and teaches “neo jazz”: it is perfect lines with hip-hop/jazz and contemporary energies. She created a solo and duo with French dancers for me in Bouglione Circus in Paris.

 

 I teached classic, jazz, African dance, Zumba and cabaret. My specialty is points learning. I work taking account of the anatomy of persons. I attach much importance to the dancers’ personality. I also focus on the taste of the effort and the desire to dance.

 

I give private lessons. I prepare students for high schools and international competitions.

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My various experiences allow me to fit my teaching to all kinds of dancers, even those of other culture than mine. After Guinée Conackry and Thaïland i lived in Vietnam  (Ho Chi Minh) from september 2015 to August 2017. I teached ballet and jazz classes for kids,adults and vietnameese dancers. I suggested a ballet french program for vietnameese government.

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I manage "Le centre chorégraphique Ann Lewis" in France since september 2017 and i always assist my mother in her dance school.

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In June 2018; "Tip Toe danse compagnie" (Since February 2011) openning a junior class for young dancers between 15 & 19 years old in France (Ballet/Jazz/Hip Hop).

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