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IN VIDEO – Among the many speeches highlighting the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, the performance of the bearded dancer did not go unnoticed.
The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games had its share of artistic surprises for the spectators gathered on the banks of the Seine and those behind their small screens. Highlights include Aya Nakamura’s performance in all gold, Lady Gaga’s performance and her A feathery thing on the title, the suspended moment proposed by Juliet Armanet and Sofiane Paart Pregnant or the short but no less remarkable passage of the bearded dancer. But who is this artist with this particular look?
“We’re a little more visible now.”
Piche, her stage name, Mike Gautier, her real name, is a French dancer, rapper and drag queen of Algerian Roma descent. The self-proclaimed “Gypsy Queen” competed in season 2 of the entertainment show Drag Race France in 2023, finishing in 5th place.e place Piche, 26, has nearly 138,000 followers on her Instagram account and is just as comfortable singing lyrics as she is rapping.
Furthermore, in a recent interview on Canal+’s La Boîte à Questions, the artist warned that the world of urban music needs to open up more to the queer community. “The world must prepare. Whether you wanted us to be there or not, we were always there,” he said. And to conclude. “We’re a little more visible now and obviously not ready to move.”
Source: Le Figaro
