The first stage of the auditions starts this Tuesday evening on the front page with ten candidates including two Walloon Brabançons: Julie and the group Cycloceza.
Julie expresses herself by dancing
At 23, Julie Denidder has always lived to the rhythm of dance. “I must have been 3 years old when I started dancing”remembers the resident of Braine-l’Alleud.
She never stopped, until she found herself today at a professional level. “I stayed ten years in one dance school then ten years in another.”
She tried different styles of dance, “a bit of everything”but it’s modern jazz, “which I feel most comfortable with”who will be in the spotlight on The Danser stage.
For Julie, “Dancing is a beautiful way to express yourself without having to use your voice. I prefer not to speak and dance to express what I feel.”
Julie has two faces, one of the reserved young lady who hides and the other who wants to show herself, go on stage and be the star. This year is important for her. After completing a bachelor’s degree in language and literature, studies which she combined with the dance lessons she gives, she decided to move up a gear. “I really want to break into dance.”
She passed the technical aptitude exam (EAT) at the Paris Opera. “I want to try several things.”
Dont The Dancera first real television experience which could also open new doors for him. Hoping that the public appreciates and opens the mirror.
-Cycloceza, un duo unique
Iris and Jean-Luc make up the group Cycloceza, a special duo since Iris dances in a wheelchair. His goal in participating in the show? “Show that despite a disability, we can flourish. Show that despite being in a chair, we can dance and express ourselves like an able-bodied person. I am not a disabled person when I dance, I am like everyone.”
The story of Iris (real name Chantal), who lives in Louvain-la-Neuve, is strong. “Originally from Rwanda, I contracted polio in my country where I found myself hospitalized in the middle of the genocide. I arrived in Belgium at the age of 11, in 1994. I found myself at the Queen Fabiola hospital in Brussels then I joined a refugee center in Yvoir for two years before being placed with a host family. It was when I arrived in Belgium that I received a wheelchair. With my chair, it was. as if I had found my legs.”
Passionate about dance, she joined several cyclodance schools. She also took courses, passed her certificates and became a teacher. She founded a non-profit organization with her own dance school before Covid and the arrival of her children pushed her to take a step back. “Now that my two boys are grown up, I feel freer and I would like to reopen my dance school but it is difficult to find a room accessible to wheelchairs.”
His appearance on the show The Dancer could open up new perspectives for him. “That’s one of the reasons for signing up for the show, to have a lot of visibility.”
On stage, she is accompanied by Jean-Luc who is a physiotherapist and sports instructor for people with reduced mobility. “We have been dancing together for around ten years. I discovered Jean-Luc through videos that I followed in preparation for my exams, then I met him during my training courses and since then, we have been dancing together.”
It remains to be seen whether their performance will appeal to the public, as Iris’ story has already touched a lot of people. It is also possible to discover the different facets and challenges in Get up and dancea work published by Memory editions.
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