Leo Walk, a dancer and choreographer whom everyone cuts.

Leo Walk was 7 years old when his aunt predicted his future. The fortune teller obviously has a charm. At the age of 28, the artist is about to fulfill the prophecy. After a three-year world tour with Christine and the Queens Dance Company from 2014 to 2017, the creation of her company La Marche bleue and the show First Trip Having played at the Châtelet in 2020, the dancer and choreographer will return to the famous theater for four performances in April. Opposite house (1), piece born during confinement. Then the young man isolates himself in a country house with his friends. He is the only bachelor and follows the couples live. “I started writing about what I saw, I also noted the music, the look, the vibes it gave me, a bit like mood boardemotional”:

In the video, In the bodyBy Cedric Klapisch, trailer

The show, centered on nine people locked in a house, is the fruit of these observations, these impulses, these plundered thoughts. “Seeing us dance, I want the public to be able to project what they want and let their imaginations run wild. The only common thread is movement.” Tours in France, Belgium and Switzerland will follow, as well as a book to explain the creative process to budding artists who, like him, work in a small team and must use the treasures of imagination, touch everything and be willing to move mountains to realize their projects.

Seeing us dance, I want the public to be able to project what they want and let their imaginations run wild.

Leo Walk:

Perfectionist and relentless

Being programmed at the Théâtre du Châtelet before the age of 30 does not fall from the sky. Leo Walk is a hard worker who devotes his body and soul to his art; “When I was little, because ADHD-attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity, editor’s note ), I thought I was sitting, moonless, unable to concentrate. But dance accompanies my hyperactivity, and I turn out to be a perfectionist, relentless, even sincere in my work. It’s not always easy for those around me, because I don’t leave anything to chance, I don’t give up on anything. I even have trouble sleeping since I started this job. Passion fuels me, but I’m ruffling feathers there, and as I’m working on this scene, my friends are yelling at me. I’m not available enough, including sometimes for my other projects.

I don’t leave anything to chance, I don’t give up on anything. I even have trouble sleeping because I’m doing this job

Leo Walk:

A protean talent

Dance is indeed not the only role of this multidisciplinary artist that everyone is looking for. Videographer, he won the Victoire de la Musique in 2019 for the clip To forget everything d’Angell, which Brice directed with WDH and notably signed a video with his troupe. In front of the house.Passionate about the history of fashion and designers, with an eye for style, she also created her urban ready-to-wear brand, Walk in Paris, with her friend Gary Neveu. Last year he was also among the dancersIn the body , the film by Cedric Klapish. Actor, possible new path? “I was offered to star in a new chapter of the saga sexy dance but I am interested in cinema, if the playing field is not limited to “a street dancer in love with a classical dancer”. Dancing is not an obligation for me to want to go. Filming and telling about this discipline is difficult. few succeed.

Filming and narrating the dance is difficult. few manage to do so

Leo Walk:

If there’s a reference for him in that regard, though, it’s the documentary SochiBy Wim Wenders. “My inspirations are quite underground, anchored in a niche of breakdancing. Pina Bausch is the only famous choreographer who has poetry in her body language that I appear in. It’s not his technique that excites me, but his subtlety. A qualification that also fits his creations, subtle, airy, colorful and minimalistic.
As for rigor, he got it with Christine and Queens concert choreographer Marion Motin. It is also on this tour that the squeeze happens. “I wasn’t doing very well and this experience not only kept me from falling, but also shed some light on my future. There was not a single meeting where I was not overcome by strong emotions. I knew then that I wanted to dedicate my life to it.”

In the video, pinaWim Wenders’ documentary about choreographer Pina Bausch

attitude dance

If he began to break at the age of 7, at home in Champigny-sur-Marne near Paris, and chained fights in adolescence (the period when he crossed paths with Marion Motin), Léo Walk n Did’t imagine, j. the beginning, making work out of his passion. “It was a bit accidental. Nor was I at all aware of the pharaonic investment that such a choice implied. So good because maybe I would be scared. But I don’t regret anything. Today, I like to feel that every year I build and realize myself. I come from a humble background, without artistic connections, and I try to put all the opportunities on my side. If I don’t go for it now, when will I?” Also, to keep pace and recharge her batteries, she tries to escape to the sun for a month every winter in Bali, Jamaica, Los Angeles. Valves needed to break from the requests, grayness and constraints of Paris, where he has lived for nearly ten years. “I even eventually appreciated the austerity of the city, because when I leave it, all I have to do is see a forest or listen to a bird song to travel and breathe fresh air. My sensations increased tenfold, enhanced by the contrast.’

From the capital, Leo Walk, however, appreciates the cultural bustle, which he says allows him to develop his own artistic sensibility. “I like the energy of Paris and the beauty of the people, their diversity, their curiosity. From Château d’Eau to Belleville, through Saint-Germain-des-Prés we encounter thousands of different and very inspiring worlds. Proof in gesture, in its company, the time to visit, where streetwear, heritage and jokes mix with any bistrotière.

(1) “Maison d’en face”, at the Theater du Châtelet, Paris, 3, 6, 12 and 13. April, then on tour, and Sall Pleyel in Paris on November 24.