A member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts de l'Institut de France and the author of over 80 choreographies, Thierry Malandain continues to create a coherent repertoire, deeply linked to the Ballet and in which priority is given to the dancing body, its power, virtuosity, humanity and sensuality.
His search for meaning and aesthetics guides a timeless, sober style. This style can be both serious and impertinent, and draws its richness as much from its roots as from a renewed vision of academic dance. His company is made up of classically trained dancers whose expression in Thierry Malandain's choreography is contemporary.
"My culture is that of classical ballet, and I have no qualms about remaining attached to it. Although I readily admit that its artistic and social codes are from another era, I also believe that this material, inherited from four centuries of history, provides the dancer with invaluable resources. So I play around with it, becoming classical for some, contemporary for others, simply in search of a dance that I love. A dance that doesn't just leave a trace of pleasure, but that reconnects with the essence of the sacred as a response to the difficulty of being.
