Suzanne Meyer
Suzanne Meyer is a French dancer, performer, and choreographer. She trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School and the CNSMDP. She moved from classical to contemporary dance, and upon graduating from the school, she became a soloist at the Crazy Horse Paris under the direction of Philippe Decouflé. Pursuing her curiosity, she left this institution and worked as a freelance artist in various fields, including events, advertising, and musicals. She performs in a much more contemporary register under the direction of Robert Carsen and Nicolas Paul at the Opéra Comique and in Vienna. She is one of the performers in the Le Balcon collective, which has revisited Stockhausen's Licht cycle and has performed in this capacity at the Opéra Comique, the Philharmonie, and the Southbank Centre in London. She also participated in Beyoncé's music video, "Standing on the Sun."
Suzanne's career is characterized by eclecticism and the desire to bring together different worlds. Along the way, she felt the need to develop a more unique language for her dance and developed choreographic projects based on the technique of contact dance, after meeting Itay Yatuv (an Israeli dancer and teacher), who had a profound impact on her career. Working with him, she trained in parent-child contact dance for very young children and brought Contakids to France.
She began her choreography by participating in the Molières awards ceremony three times. This opened the doors to choreography for film and series, making working with actors a unique method of her own. The projects she's involved in include Mascarade (N. Bedos), C’est mon homme (G. Bureau), Zonz (Marine Legrain Maunnier), Désenchantées (David Hourrègue), Alphonse (N. Bedos), and upcoming releases in 2025/2026, Peau d’homme (L. Domenach) and Quasimodo (J-F Richet).
At the end of 2022, the Sézane brand gave her carte blanche to write and choreograph a film featuring palpation for breast cancer prevention. This is her first film. Since then, she has continued to collaborate with the brand regularly. In 2023, she will be choreographing and performing a unique duet at the Théâtre Chaillot next September as part of the "On danse chez vous" (On danse chez vous) program led by Mehdi Kerkouche, and at the Jardins de l'Orangerie du Sénat (Senate's Orangerie Gardens), a project directed by Emmanuelle Delanoë for Le Balcon, which boldly brought together several artistic worlds.
She participates in the documentary "Danse demain," directed by Dounia Zellou. She works every day to bring dance everywhere, even to sectors that are resistant to movement. She also advocates for more shared experiences with non-dancers. This type of project will be at the heart of her work in the months and years to come. In 2024, the events sector (Chanel, Hermès, and Boghossian) is calling on her work to choreograph shows.
In 2025, the program is dedicated to free creation. An excerpt from the play "Under the Eyelids", for two performers, was distributed last March at the Théâtre du Chatelet as part of the "Moving Forward" festival.