Céline grew up in Seraincourt, a small countryside village located in the heart of the French Vexin regional natural park.
Initially influenced by this environment rich in vegetation, she chose to pursue a vocational baccalaureate in horticulture.
A growing need for something more creative and hands-on led her to train as a florist on a work-study program, and she joined the Paris School of Floristry. She was passionate about plants and floral design, but selling and working in a shop did not suit her. Something was missing.
Céline had always needed to move. From a very young age, she practiced activities such as gymnastics, classical dance, and later circus, which had a deeper impact on her.
After a long period of questioning her professional future, she decided to take the leap. Becoming a circus artist and expressing herself through the body was what she wanted.
Determined to enter a higher circus school, she devoted a full year of energy to this goal, training at the Les Noctambules circus tent. She first worked on aerial silk, then moved on to Chinese pole, which she tried—and never left. This vertical apparatus, combining contact with the ground and height work, suited her perfectly.
Her daily circus practice and the encounters she made gradually transformed her, helping her grow and opening doors that changed her perception of the world.
In 2015, she joined the Fontys Academy of Circus and Performance Art. There she had her first Chinese pole classes with Foucauld Falguerolles and Patrick Mattioni.
The Centre national des arts du cirque (CNAC) was Céline’s next goal. She applied for auditions and, to her great joy, was accepted. She left the Netherlands in 2016, returned to France, spent a year under the tent at the École nationale des arts du cirque de Rosny-sous-Bois, and then continued into the second and third years at CNAC, where she increasingly refined her personal approach to Chinese pole.
She developed a very organic and fluid quality of movement.