Lucille was born in 1996 in the Paris region to sporty parents, which naturally oriented her toward physical disciplines. After trying to follow in her siblings’ footsteps, she eventually gravitated toward rhythmic gymnastics.
She began training in gymnastics at the age of four, alongside ballet classes. In 2009, she joined the French national team and went on to compete in the 2013 European Championships in Vienna and the World Championships in Kyiv. After a year studying biology, she decided to stop, but her need to express herself through the body and to share on stage led her to seek an alternative to gymnastics.
She naturally turned to circus arts and entered the École nationale des arts du cirque de Rosny-sous-Bois in 2014. After exploring different disciplines, she was eventually guided toward the swinging pole (mât pendulaire), with the idea of developing innovative research around this apparatus thanks to her flexibility. Based on this foundation, Lucille joined the Centre national des arts du cirque in 2016.
After five months of work in Châlons-en-Champagne, Lucille felt blocked at the top of the pole, as if she lacked the space needed to express herself. She felt limited by what the apparatus could offer, and a desire for change emerged—like a return to her roots, to the ground.
This shift happened during a repertoire revival with Guy Alloucherie and Les Sublimes. Her role allowed her to feel much freer in what she could create with her body. From then on, with the support of her teachers, she devoted herself to a new specialization: working between balance, contortion, dance, and acrobatics.
She developed a strong desire to deepen her understanding of bodily control and what it can communicate to others. Through workshops with artists from companies such as Batsheva Dance Company, Akram Khan, and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, she enriched her vocabulary and expanded her range of movement and expression.
Centre National des Arts du Cirque