In 2018, Guillaume Diop joined the corps de ballet of the Paris Opera. 3 years later, this young dancer aged 21 is performing roles traditionally given to Danseurs Étoile. As talented as he is humble, he is also actively involved in the examination of the racist biases of the 300-year-old institution.
What’s the (emotional) cost of changing the world? For the people working on it, the bill can be quite steep indeed: activist burnout is an emotional and physical fatigue striking even the youngest and most committed advocates.
À la tête de Mugler depuis décembre 2017, le designer Casey Cadwallader a su, en l’espace de quelques saisons, donner un nouveau souffle à la maison de mode française emblématique.
Faced with climate change and rising waters, the duo lisi herrebrugh and rushemy botter has found an alternative way of designing clothes with a real message with their promising and committed brand Botter.
At a time when politics is increasingly distrusted and divides people along class, race, sex, and gender lines, literally carrying a message condemning oppression on one's shoulders can be much more liberating and emancipating than it seems. Focus on the creative, historical and sociological aspect of clothing which became the best tool for expressing one's commitment.
As a visionary and humanist choreographer, Angelin Preljocaj keeps deconstructing the great ballets in order to better reinvent them. Meet this major figure of dance at the Pavillon Noir in Aix-en-Provence, where the Ballet Preljocaj Junior, consisting of 10 permanent dancers, is based.
Sofiane Pamart, a young classical piano prodigy, has successfully won over rap and pop music while transcending their codes. He talks about the role his mother played in his meteoric rise and all the projects he is working on with his manager and alter ego.
Somewhere between drag, cabaret and retrofuturism, the young designer Victor Weinsanto tells us how to turn fashion into a real, everyday performance.
In just a few years time, photographer Carlijn Jacobs and stylist Imruh Asha, an ultra driven, passionate and creative young couple, have managed to impose their unique and powerful aesthetic on the international fashion scene with talent and audacity.