Jean-Jacques Pillet

Director, choreographer, creative director, and former dancer, Jean-Jacques Pillet was born in Bordeaux in 1987. He dances with various companies and tours in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Recently he directed the musical EVANGELINE, inspired by historical events related to the deportation of the Acadians in 1755.

Cirque du Soleil invited him to take on the artistic direction of Varekai. He then choreographed ZED (Tokyo Disney), ZARKANA (Radio Music Hall, New York). A collaboration that lasted fourteen years.

Invited by Serge Denoncourt, he choreographs TABLO, which he later restaged in Greece. He created for films, notably for WARM BODIES, in Canada and abroad.