Théophile Bensusan

In 2005, at the age of 12, Théophile discovered b-boying in the courtyard of his middle school in Château-Thierry, in the Hauts-de-France region. From that point on, his curiosity and passion for hip-hop culture continued to grow, expanding to include graffiti and music as well. He joined Thony Maskott’s school in 2009, where he trained in various styles of hip-hop dance, from the origins to the most contemporary forms. He then enrolled at the Académie Internationale de la Danse and began studying classical and contemporary dance. This was the period when he landed his first professional contracts through various stage performances.
His collaboration with choreographers Johanna Faye and Saïdo Lehlouh led him to join the Black Sheep company in 2015, notably for the production FACT. In 2016, he performed on the Charlie Parker stage at La Villette with YUDAT, a collective of freestyle dancers with whom he won battles in France, Germany, China, Italy, and the Netherlands.
To this day, his journey with YUDAT has left a major imprint on his practice and artistic vision. Confronting others and himself has given him the desire and momentum to explore beyond styles in order to reveal his own uniqueness.
In his quest for an ever-deeper connection with music and its various genres, this process serves as a constant source of inspiration for the different ways of embodying sound through the body.
He then joined the Franco-German company Wang Ramirez in 2018 to reprise his role in the play Borderline during a tour of the United States and Canada.
In 2020, he founded the Benthé company and began writing VOILÀ, a piece supported by Initiatives d’Artistes en Danses Urbaines – La Villette and the CCN de Créteil. In 2022, he premiered Doom.