Jean-Charles Jousni

Jean-Charles was born in Brest and started studying in the Conservatoire there. In the meatime, he worked for Herwann Asseh’s dance company Moral Soul. He completed his training course in the École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower and joined the Cannes Jeune Ballet. In 2007 he joined the G.U.I.D. (Groupe Ubrain d’Intervention Dansée) and the Ballet Preljocaj. He has performed major parts in Angelin Preljocaj’s repertoire (Romeo and Juliet, Snow White, Noces, Helikopter, Retour à Berratham, Suivront mille ans de calme...) Since 2017 he’s been working with many choreographers such as Sylvère Lamotte for Les Sauvages and L’Écho d’un Infini or with Émilie Lalande whom he became first assistant dancer for Peter and the Wolf, Ré-Création and L’Histoire d’un Roi. With the company (1)PROMPTU he created the show Esquisse Passe with the painter and illustrator Nassim Sarni. In 2019, he joined the BurnOut company for the work of Samsara.