Arthur Cadre, break dancer: “Mainstream entertainment does not prevent creative research”

Between shows in Las Vegas (USA), Riyadh and Paris, the dancer-breaker, acrobat and director Arthur Cadre is stopping off in the arenas of Nîmes, for which he has designed a show entitled Le Rêve du gladiateur . The man who played the "golden traveler" during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is calling for large-scale productions to take the spectator out of the usual formats and generate new emotions. From August 8 to 15, he will bring together a team of 190 artists every evening in front of 12,000 spectators.

Finding myself dancing at the Stade de France was a crazy experience. I loved creating this "golden traveler" character that became super iconic and confirmed my place as an artist. A year later, people still talk to me about it everywhere I go, in France and around the world. I was invited to appear in the show of the German singer and actress Helene Fischer. In February, with the Dragone company, I created Souk Wonders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a huge souk, with restaurants and performances, which was on display for a month. I collaborated with 50 contemporary dancers and 30 traditional performers, all from Riyadh. It's exciting to see how they, who don't have legal dance schools to train in, progress technically in a month.

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