Serge Ambert

After studying classical and modern dance, he was hired by the ballet ensemble of the Opéra de Lyon in 1983. In 1988 he started dancing with Andy Degroat while concurrently launching his own choreographic activities. At the time he met Wilfride Piollet and Jean Guizerix with whom he later danced in “La Conjuration”. Later, he discovered baroque dance and for five years cooperated with the great company “Ris et Danceries”. Since 1993 he has been performing with Christine Bastin's company: to name at least a few common production, they are “Guele de Loup” and “La Polka du Roi”, one to make part of the production “Be”. In 1997 he started working with Jacques Fargearel, together they have created for example “Entre Terre et Ciel” and “Le Soleil des innocents”. In 2001 he created a solo piece “La Sentinelle”. In 2004 in Prague he presented his duo “The Ambivalence of a Butterfly”. He worked for SE.S.TA as a pedagogue until 2003 while also leading SE.S.TA's project “In Between the Two”. He subsequently created “On the Way with Her”, a piece commissioned by SE.S.TA for Czech dancers. In 2003 he started his own company “Les alentours rêveurs” in the French region of Bourgogne.

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