The 9th edition of the Cannes-Croisette Competition will take place on Saturday April 20 and Sunday April 21, 2024.

As a multidisciplinary artist, Claude Aymon has been working in the choreographic field for almost forty years.

He teaches, dances and choreographs in France and abroad, wherever possible, from associations to professionals, including schools.

He is a jury for numerous international competitions, at the French Dance Federation as well as for the technical, musical and educational tests of the State Dance Teacher Diploma in jazz dance and contemporary dance.

He has performed for numerous companies including:

– Josette Baïz (Place Blanche company, Grenade company)

– Geneviève Sorin (MEAARI company)

– the Marjan Raar Dance CO (Finland)

– Dancecology (Taiwan)

– Wei Dance Company (Taiwan)

Choreographer and artistic director of the C2a company since 1998, he composes the music for his creations.

Since 2011, his artistic activities have been developing between France and Asia, more particularly in Taiwan where he was the laureate of the International Young Choreographer Project in Kaohsiung organized by the UNESCO.

Born in Budapest (Hungary), Gabor Kapin began his training in classical dance at the Hungarian Academy of Dance. During his studies, he had the chance to perform with the Hungarian National Ballet in productions of Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Coppélia and La Somnambule.

In 1999, he moved to the United States to join the Carolina Ballet, where he quickly rose to the rank of soloist.

Between 2005 and 2008, Gabor danced with the Boston Ballet where he worked with many contemporary and modern choreographers.

He then returned to Carolina Ballet as a Principal Dancer and built an impressive repertoire, dancing in productions by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine and many others.

In August 2013 he joined the Royal Ballet of Flanders as Principal Dancer and from 2016 he took on responsibilities as ballet master.

Finally, in September 2022, he joined the Ballet de l’Opéra National du Capitole (Toulouse/France) as ballet master.

Wim was born in Belgium and studied at the Royal Ballet school in Antwerp then joined the Royal Ballet of Flanders where he quickly became Principal.

He is regularly invited to perform at International Galas such as the Hivernales de la Danse, “Le Gala des Etoiles” in Paris, during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Nagano (Japan), at the “Prix de Lausanne”, at the “Benois de la danse”, where in 2003, he was nominated in the “Best Male Dancer of the Year” category on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.

Wim Vanlessen received the “Critics Prize” from “Ballet 2000” magazine in Cannes in 2000. He was also honored with the title of “Best Dancer of the Year” by “Dance Europe” magazine in 2003, 2004, 2005 , 2006 as well as the title of “Best Partner” with Aki Saito in 2007 and 2009.

Wim said goodbye to the Ballet de Flandre in 2019 with Le Boléro by Béjart. After 25 years of dance career, Wim is also the author of his book “DANCER” retracing a large part of his life and career. In Belgium he appears on the jury of “Dancing with the Stars”

With Aki Saito, they formed an exceptional star couple and danced together for nearly 25 years and as such they received the title of Knights of the Order of Leopold for their cultural contribution to Belgium.

He is the founder and artistic director of Time To Dance, a non-profit organization which organizes a major international dance gala each year and which supports young dancers at the start of their professional careers.

Julien was a professional dancer in the cabaret world on stages such as La Nouvelle Eve and the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

He also had the opportunity to dance on TV sets (Dancing with the Stars, NRJ Music Awards, etc.) and it was at this time that he discovered the production professions. It was following an injury that he took this path.

For 10 years, he has worked as a casting director on artistic programs such as The Dancers, Got to Dance, France Has Incredible Talent…and for 9 years he has been the casting director of Dance with the Stars. He introduced the general public to dancers like Ines Vandamme, Elsa Bois, Anthony Colette…and judges like François Alu. He was a judge in the program Qui Dansera avec les Stars alongside Chris Marques who revealed dancers like Calisson Goasdoué and the winner Pierre Mauduy.

He also works as an artistic coordinator on various projects or events and accompanies or has accompanied artists like François Alu or Fauve Hautot.

He was also manager of the event artistic recruitment team at Disneyland Paris.

Passionate, Julien loves discovering and supporting emerging artists!