Faustine Lavie - Professional Dancer
Faustine Lavie was born in Toulon, France, where she started ballet at 3 years old. She studied in different reknowed dance schools such as Paris Opera Ballet School and ESDC Rosella Hightower. She moved to NYC in 2015 to attend The Ailey School, where she graduated from the Certificate Program in May 2018. Faustine had the opportunity to perform works by many choreographers, such as Darrell Grand Moultrie, Manuel Vignoulle, Clifton Brown, Winston Dynamite Brown, Amy Hall Garner, Fredrick Earl Mosley and Shay Bland. Faustine worked with An Nuo Spiritual Dance & Art, with whom she performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center, in 2018 and 2019. She is currently a company member with LaneCoArts, iKADA Contemporary Dance Company, sarAika, The DynamiExperience, Keiko Fujii Dance Company and Six Degrees Dance. Faustine also works with Visual Artist Reza Farkhondeh on various projects. She founded Faustine Lavie Dance Project in 2020.
Professional and Performance Experiences
LaneCoArts – Company Member since 2021
⇢ Dance Bloc NYC Dance Festival – Dixon Place
⇢ Collaborative Performance in Portland, ME – Cove Street Arts
sarAika
– Company Member since 2020
⇢ Take Root – Green Space
⇢ First Midnight Performance of 2022 – Arts On Site
⇢ Collective Thread by MODArts Dance Collective – Downtown Art
⇢ Falling In Dance Festival – iKADA Dance Center
iKADA Contemporary Dance Company – Company Member since 2019
⇢ KoDaFe in NYC 2022 – KnJ Theater at Peridance Center
⇢ iKADA Dance Center Grand Opening in NJ
⇢ KoDaFe in NYC 2019 – Ailey Citigroup Theater
⇢ 9th Annual Showcase and Gala Event – Ailey Citigroup Theater
The DynamitExperience – Company Member since 2019
⇢ Love: Recognize/Reflect – BAX Brooklyn Arts Exchange
Keiko Fujii Dance Company – Company Member since 2019
⇢ Gibney POP – The Theater at Gibney
Six Degrees Dance – Company Member since 2019
An Nuo Spiritual DanceArt – 2018/2019
⇢ 7th Booking Dance Festival – Jazz at Lincoln Center
⇢ Arts Midwest Conference 2019 – Minneapolis
Arim Dance – 2019
⇢ APAP 2020 – Ailey Studios
Nathaniel’s Dance Collective – Company Member / Soloist in 2018/2019
Bloodline Dance Theatre – Company Member in 2019
NACHMOx – Draw by Anna McDunn in 2019
Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance – Wild and Free by Fredrick Earl Mosley in 2019
Buglisi Dance Theatre – 09/11 Table of Silense Project by Jacqulyn Buglisi in 2018
Headwall Theatre Company – PRELUDE: An Evening of Dance by Dara Jenel in 2018
AG/Dance Collective – It isn’ t the End by Aurélie Garcia in 2018
⇢ Newburgh Illuminated Festival 2018
Ailey Student Performance Group in 2018:
Progressive Vibes by Darrell Grand Moultrie
L’Estro Armonico by Clifton Brown
Snow and Roses by Fredrick Earl Mosley
QUIRK by Amy Hall Garner
Finding Al by Winston Dynamite Brown
Revelations by Alvin Ailey
Night Creatures by Alvin Ailey
Choreographic Experiences
Outburst performed by Faustine Lavie Dance Project:
⇢ 48th Performance of Kun-Yang Lin/Dancer's InHale Performance Series in Philadelphia, PA on February 26th 2022
⇢ Uptown Rising Summer 2022 at Bridge For Dance in New York City, NY on June 4th 2022
⇢ KoDaFe in NYC 2022 by iKADA Contemporary Dance Company at The KnJ Theater in Peridance Center in New York City, NY on July 10th 2022
Memoirs From Another Life performed by Faustine Lavie:
⇢ originally choreographed for iKADA Contemporary Dance Company Annual Show and Gala and iKADA Dance Center Grand Opening in NJ on January 15th 2022
⇢ First Midnight Performance of 2022 by 7 Midnight Physical Research Themed Dance Theater at Arts on Site in New York City, NY on February 27th 2022
Arp 148 performed by Aurélie Garcia and Teige Bisnought - Third Midnight Performance by 7 Midnight Physical Research Themed Dance Theater at Arts on Site in New York City, NY in 2019
Training
USA
The Ailey School – Certificate Program 2015 – 2018
France
ACTS/Ecole de Danse Contemporaine de Paris 2013 – 2015
Académie Chaptal 2011 – 2013 / 2007 – 2008
ESDC Rosella Hightower 2008 – 2011
Ecole de Danse de l’Opéra de Paris 2006 – 2007
Studio Marius 2000 – 2006
Summer Intensives
USA
Houston METdance Professionnal Summer Intensive 2019
Ballet X Summer Intensive 2018
France
Les étés de la Danse : Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 2015 – 2017
Les étés de la Danse : New York City Ballet 2016
Russia
Open Look St.Petersburg International Dance Festival 2014
France
Bournonville à Biarritz 2013
England
English National Ballet School Summer Course 2011 – 2012
Education
USA
Horton Teacher Workshop – Diploma 2018
France
High school Georges Brassens – Diploma Baccalauréat 2013