France) Soraya Thomas (La Reunion

Trained at the Conservatoire d’Annecy (direction: Jean-Marc Boitière),  Soraya Thomas obtained her State Diploma in dance education in 2000,  before joining the company Coline, professional insertion cell for young  contemporary dancers. There she met Jeanclaude Gallotta, Michel  Kéléménis and Myriam Burns, for whom she took on roles. In 2002, she  arrived at La Réunion where she met the choreographer Eric Languet. With  him, she participated in the projects Interludes, Faux-ciels and  L’Esprit et la ruche, and danced in Chemins faisant, On était tous là  pour s’aider et Somewhere, out there, life was screaming. In 2007, she performed her first choreography in William Shakespeare’s  Le Songe d’une nuit d’été for the Sakidi company, before signing her  first play.