Florence Leroux-Coléno

First introduced to music in Morbihan, Florence continued her dance career at the CRR in Nantes then in Raymond Franchetti’s professional integration class at the ENSDM in Marseille. In 2002, she began her professional career at the Ballet National de Marseille, under the direction of Marie-Claude Pietragalla (then Frédéric Flamand / Éric Vu-An). Maurice Béjart then hired her at Béjart Ballet Lausanne where she danced for 7 years, before joining the West Australian Ballet where she was promoted to soloist.
It is in the southern region that the desire to teach grows and where the opportunities to choreograph for the company open up new perspectives. Back in Europe, after a few performances with the Ballet Nice Méditerranée and the Royal Swedish Ballet, she embarked on the path of teaching.

After obtaining her state diploma as a classical dance teacher with particular reputation and validating her DNSP at the PNSD in Cannes, she joined the Pont Supérieur de Nantes (Higher education center for live performance and center authorized to provide training). DE training as a dance teacher) and obtained her DE as a contemporary dance teacher in 2020.
Sensitive to the accessibility of dance and art in general to an audience with disabilities (motor, psychological or social), she is also trained in modern art therapy and is certified by the AFRATEM of Tours (Association French Research and Application of Artistic Techniques in Pedagogy and Medicine).  
Since 2020, Florence has been a classical dance teacher at the Pont Supérieur and at the CRR in Nantes (mainly classes with flexible schedules). She also provides lessons to an audience of amateur dancers, within schools in Nantes. She is regularly invited to teach during internships in conservatories or schools as well as by the Ballet Preljocaj (CCN of Aix-en-Provence).
Concerned about constantly renewing its teaching tools and teaching resources, in July 2024 she joined the diploma course for the Certificate of Aptitude for Teaching Duties at the CNSMD in Lyon.