Asha Thomas

Asha Thomas (Atlanta, USA) graduated  from the Juilliard School in New York under the direction of Benjamin  Harkarvy. From 1999 to 2007, she joined the Alvin Ailey American Dance  Theater company as a principal dancer.

Since her arrival in France in 2007, she has performed for different  companies: Compagnie Salia nï Seydou, Compagnie Traces / Raphaëlle  Delaunay, Richard Siegal, Prue Lang, Philippe Ménard, Boris Charmatz and  Olivia Grandville.

She decided to start her contemporary dance company, Compagnie Ima,  in 2010. That same year, she created a solo inspired by flamenco  entitled Mi Peñita Negra which was presented in France, Germany and Morocco. Her piece Ghazals,  a duo inspired by the mystical verses of the Sufi Hafez, is co-produced  in 2014 by the CNDC Angers and Châteauvallon-Scène nationale. In  October 2016, her last piece CLAY, a collaboration with  flamenco dancer Yinka Esi Graves, had its premiere in France followed by  performances in England and Spain in the contemporary Mes de Danza  festival. Also in 2016, she created with the American singer, Crystal  Petit, a cabaret show, LIGHT, with American dancers, singers, and musicians based in France.
Source : website of the company Interscribo http://www.cinterscribo.com