Elena Thomas
Elena Thomas began classical dance at the age of six, then became professional by integrating large training schools such as the National School of Dance of Marseille under the direction of Marie Claude Pietragalla and the National Superior Conservatory of Music and of Dance of Lyon.
Her career as a dancer-performer began at the age of 20 with the company Europadanse, under the direction of Jean Albert Cartier, before joining the Ballet National du Rhin in Mulhouse under the direction of Bertrand d’At.
In 2009 she joined the company Mov ’in Zaragoza (Spain), then three years later the Company Chameleon of Manchester (England). In 2013, she became an interpreter for the prestigious Company, National Dance Company Wales of Cardiff (United Kingdom).
Maurice Béjart, Lucinda Childs, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Alexander Ekman, Thierry Malandain, Itzik Galili, Roy Assaf, Marcos Morau, Elena Thomas had the chance to work with many renowned choreographers with very different choreographic languages and artistic universes others. She was thus able to develop an excellent classic and contemporary technique, but also a great sense of interpretation.
She will be noticed by David Pountney, director of Opera, in his solo Profundis by Roy Assaf and will be part of his production Khovanshchina in Autumn 2017 as a solo dancer. She has also been named best dancer in Wales twice in a row.
During these five years of experience in the United Kingdom, Elena had the opportunity to teach her technique to amateurs and professionals of all ages during courses, internship and masterclass: primary schools, universities, associations, dance schools, juniors ballets, companies.
Back in France, she worked alongside David Llari as a dancer. Former dancer and assistant to Franck II Louise, David Llari gives him a new physical gesture and turned to the hip hop technique. She will become her assistant for the Pica project, the Minotaur and his muses (in collaboration with the Next section of the National Ballet of Marseille) presented to old charity during the Picasso exhibition in March and May 2018.
Today she works in the company of Amala Dianor with whom she has been touring for several months and is also part of the Gary Clarke Company based in England.
She became assistant dancer with Jérémy Tran as part of her choreographic creation What we are left with by the dancers of the Grand Théâtre de Genève and presented at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices in Geneva in June 2020.
