For Alexandra Gérard, dance takes no side. Trained in classical technique in Moscow, then in modern jazz and contemporary dance, she has made that refusal of borders a method. The company she has led since 2002 moves between contemporary, neo-classical and modern jazz, following what each new work asks for. Her repertoire of 25 pieces starts from philosophy, politics, alienation and dystopia. Each work is a sketchbook for the next, and every dancer she trains becomes its interpreter.
Biography
Alexandra Gérard holds the French State diploma of dance teacher, awarded by the Ministry of Culture, in classical, jazz and contemporary dance.
Alexandra Gérard trained in France and abroad, in Moscow and Belgium, with Rik Odums and Andrei Glégolsky, in classical, modern jazz and contemporary technique.
At the Paris Opera she worked with principal dancer Michel Renault, who introduced her to Serge Peretti, also a principal, with whom she took classes at the Salle Pleyel. In parallel she trained at the Vacher-Colas ballet masters' school.
She danced with several companies: Alyocha Ponziewitch's CCO de l'Ouest, Itinérance and Ballet du Goéland. A prizewinner at various competitions, she was admitted by audition to work with Carolyn Carlson and Larrio Ekson.
At the Rennes Conservatory she worked with Ruxandra Racovitza and completed her training under Margarita Smirnova, principal dancer of the Bolshoi. This period earned her a gold medal in contemporary dance.
In 2002 she founded Compagnie Mozaïk Ballet' in Nantes and has been its artistic director ever since. She has created 25 works for it, from “Metropolis” (2003) to “Âmes” (2026), and trains the dancers who perform them.
Her work
25 works by Alexandra Gérard.