SARAH LOUIS-JEAN'S STORY
Born in Montreal, Canada, Sarah Louis-Jean is a professional contemporary circus artist specialized in Boleadoras. Her World reknowned achievements is holding the first Guinness World Records of the quickest Boleadoras hits in the World and one of the rare boleadoras female solo artist.
"WE HAVE UNCONDITIONAL INNER STRENGTH"
Boleadoras is a unique rhythmical percussive manipulation ground floor act. Two small balls attached to a cord are swung around the body and create percussions while hitting the floor. She has developed a contemporary unique feminine style of boleadoras in the World combining flexibility, manipulation, dance and percussion that is far from the traditional gaucho way.
Sarah started dance at the young age of 3. She trained in various dance styles in various schools and graduated from the National Circus School of Montreal in Canada specialized in boleadoras instruction. She trained boleadoras with Cirque du Soleil dancers and later worked for Cirque du Soleil as a Boleadoras performer and an Artistic Director.
She performed on the 5 continents with Céline Dion, Cirque Eloize, Circus Roncalli, KrystallPalast, GOP Show Concept, Hansa Theater, Best of Broadway, Olympic Opening Ceremonies, Dracula's Cabaret (Australia), etc. She worked in research and creation with the 7 fingers and appeared on So You Think You Can Dance Canada and various tv shows, movies and commercials. She is also a creative producer, singer, and actress.
Her artistic approach involves showing the fierceness, manipulation, character work, dance in an intense unique contemporary way through movement and rhythms.
ACTS
PHOTO GALLERY
SOCIAL NETWORK
RESUME
KRYSTALLPALAST VARIETE
CREACTIVE BY
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
CIRCUS / VARIETE SHOWS
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque Éloize
7 Doigts de la Main
Circus Roncalli
KrystallPalast Variete
GOP Hannover
Hansa Theater
Variete Pegasus
GPO Sydney
Slide Cabaret
Dracula's Cabaret
Casino of Montreal
FESTIVALS
Internationales Variete (Germany)
Montréal Complètement Cirque
Festival de Jazz
Francofolies de Montréal
Just for Laughs
PRODUCTIONS
Productions Haut Vol (Toronto, Canada)
Les Sortilèges, Danses du monde
Grands Ballets Canadiens
Ballet West
Copacabana (Australia)
SPECIAL EVENTS
Céline Dion
Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremonies (Canada)
SHOWS
Best of Broadway (Atlantic City)
Casino of Montreal (Femmes)
Showsgirls of Moulin Rouge (Australia)
Cabaret, All that Jazz (Australia)
Flirt de Cirque (Australia)
Elvis, Memphis to Las Vegas (Australia)
Rent (Montreal)
TELEVISION/MOVIES
So You think you can dance (Canada)
Dancing with the Stars (Canada)
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À la recherche de la nouvelle star (Finalist Paris)
Just for Laughs Gags
MOVIES
Noir
Gods of Egypt
Warm Bodies
Laurance Anyways (Xavier Dolan)
COMMERCIALS
M & M
A & W
Samsung
FIDO
Sheraton
AWARDS
Australian Circus Festival
LOJIQ Bursary Australia
LOJIQ Bursary Argentina
Cirque du Soleil
Boleadoras
Palazzo Casting
GOP Hannover
Gaucho
Gaucha
Bombo
America's Got Talent
Malevo
Steffi Haberl
Rick Tjia
SCHOOLS
National Circus School of Montreal
École Pierre-Laporte
École Supérieure de Danse du Québec
National Ballet School of Canada
Broadway Dance Center (NYC)
Steps on Broadway (NYC)
Millennium Dance Center (LA)
MEDIA
“Exceptional is the contribution from Sarah Louis-Jean from Canada. The cover picture of the Blitz Magazine edition shines. She has dedicated herself to the boleadoras. Fascinating!"
BLITZ MAGAZINE, LEIPZIG, GERMANY
"Sarah Louis-Jean, twirls her Boleadoras into a wild circle which unfolds and hypnotic effect in the stage light. An effect to which the hard-claking ont the ground beating of Boleadoras contribute amazingly"
LEIPZIGER VOLKSZEITUNG NEWSPAPER, GERMANY
"Very interactive, very high energy."
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD NEWSPAPER, AUSTRALIA
“Utmost concentration during her performance, Sarah Louis-Jean from Canada rotates pois until they form a wheel with raging intensity."
KIELER NACHRICHTEN NEWSPAPER, GERMANY
"A Magic Discovery"
COURRIER LAVAL/CANADA
CREATIONS
STORE
Boleadoras Clothing Brand created by Sarah Louis-Jean
BOOKING REQUESTS
CONTACT
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