After a BA in Politics and international studies from the University of Warwick (UK) during which she specialized in gender studies, Lyou Bouzon Simonet joins the Performing Arts department at the University of Paris 8. There, she defended a thesis on the use of dance as a tool for the de/re-construction of masculinities, as part of which she led dance workshops for men.
Since 2023, she has devoted herself fully to performance and pole dance. She develops an experimental universe of hybrid, textured movements inspired by contemporary dance, Chinese pole and acrobatics. She plays with the sensuality attached to the pole object, while bringing it to tell stories other than those expected.
She challenges our imaginations by integrating pole into graphic frescoes at the intersection of performance and poetry. Her work articulates a gestural language traversed by words, in constant dialogue with other mediums.
Lyou Bouzon Simonet works for the TAIM’ company. She has also performed for various venues such as the Magasins Généraux(Pantin) and Le Générateur, as well as for alternative and queer culture institutions such as La Station-Gare des Mines (Paris), the Waking Life festival (Portugal) or the Kit Kat (Berlin).
Photography © Dali Ughetto-Buclet