Elsa Brion

Elsa BRION,

Circus artist, dancer.

Artistic and educational co-director of  the Exosquelette,

Founding member of the association Les Arts Felus.

Currently undergoing the certification process to become an
Axis Syllabus© teacher.

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In 1998, in Marseille, she began training in the acrobatic arts with Jonathan Sutton (former acrobat with Fratellini and actor with the Théâtre du Soleil), which lasted 3 years. She specializes in aerial disciplines (aerial frame, trapeze).

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In 2001, together with other artists, she founded the Art's Felus circus company, with which she creates, performs, invents and transmits circus and dance. It was also in 2001 that she met

Frey Faust and the Axis Syllabus© (research into how the body works in movement). After performing throughout France and Europe, in recent years she has turned her attention to teaching, and is working to open a space in the Drôme region, in partnership with Jérôme d'Orso, which aims to be a resource centre for

Axis Syllabus and the moving arts.

 

In 2021, the Exosquelette will open its doors, a venue she shares with Jérôme d'Orso, hosting weekly classes for local audiences, international workshops, artist residencies and show presentations.

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In 2024, the Exosquelette is recognized in France and abroad as a space for the transmission, invention and creation of the moving arts.

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In 2023, following the Traces training course in Benin, directed by Francesca Pedulla and Éric Acakpo, she embarked on a partnership with Aristide Goudalo, a Beninese dancer. This collaboration gave rise to the show Kan Xoxo Nu, which they performed in France and Benin in 2023 and 2024, as well as training projects (Terre et Racines workshop, July 2024).

Deeply moved by this encounter between worlds, she hopes to continue developing her projects in Benin in the years to come, while building bridges with her work in France.