Residencies Detail

Hélène LEVEAU discovered the circus at a very young age and began her training at the circus school of Châtellerault in handstands. Later on she studies in Quebec Circus Art school where she discovered soft rope, as well as, becomes a vaulter in Icarian games. Hélène is co-founder of the collective À Sens Unique, Sarthoise company in which will give birth to several shows including Léger démélé (outdoor) and Mule (indoor) that toured successfully in France and Europe. As the years passed, she became more active in projects on a human scale, seeking the proximity to the public by investing in new crossroads through clowning, waterfall burlesque, yoga, and boxing. Léo MANIPOUD born in a mountain village in love with grass and fresh air. Léo moves in rolling and in the direction of the slope. He meets fortunately capoeira to channel this strangeness. He then hops to formation professional at Piste d’Azur and at the Academy Fratellini to hop really well. There he learns how to make his weaknesses to show, moving away from the spectacular circus to mix dance, acrobatics, urban climbing, texts and contortions to support his words. His thinking words are about questioning our relationship to nature, to normality, to genders... Currently, he is working in the show Fractales of the Cie Libertivore and co-created the collective Maison Courbe. He is also part of the acrobatic collective "The Shlags”. Maison Courbe is a collective structure created in January 2021.