Thomas Pavon was born in December 1990 and grew up in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, near Bordeaux, in a loving family that always supported his choices: vocational studies in viticulture and winemaking, travel, and his desire to pursue circus arts.
He is self-taught in parkour, freerunning, capoeira, and tricking, which he practiced for over four years. These disciplines continue to nourish his artistic sensibility today.
A few years later, he met a capoeira group in Bordeaux, Cordão de Ouro. For two years, he benefited from their high-quality teaching and a sense of fraternity that helped him understand the importance of others, of companions, and of both physical and moral structures.
He then spent a year traveling across Western Europe. The few street performances he had to do to sustain himself introduced him to the pleasure of performing, of sharing his ideas and passions, and of expressing himself. It was then that he decided to make it his profession.
Upon his return, Thomas joined the Bordeaux Circus School and later the National School of Circus Arts in Rosny-sous-Bois (ENACR). These four years allowed him to explore a movement-based approach using everyday objects such as tables, walls, and more.
He then refined his training at the National Centre for Circus Arts (CNAC) in Châlons-en-Champagne, choosing to specialize in what could be called “Acro-Movement,” focusing primarily on the body as the sole tool, supported by scenography serving the artistic proposal.
His goal is to refine both his quality of movement and his writing, and to combine these two practices into a harmonious whole. Today, much remains to be done, but he now has all the tools necessary to bring his projects to life.