Axel has iBot dance that sticks to the skin and keeps him right back, always, and good chin. Even at the end of a repeat when his breath is short, his forehead shining and his arms seemed heavy. His body of Adonis, dried by years of discipline emerges as a dancer with 30 years behind into the Paris metro. Swaddled in his long black coat, dark brown wig and scarf, he would make a perfect raven cities if he had not white sneakers, worn on the front, and feet up. He said "duck", but it is less beautiful. A duck has never had the elegance of a raven.
When he receives in his apartment in attic, top floor without elevator, it bought five years ago, Axel iBot seems cramped. It swirls (first name perhaps?), Lights FIP, sits down and immediately gets up, prepares a Japanese green tea, a slice orange cake prepared by his mother. He admits to being stressed. "When I was told Libération wanted to make a portrait, I said:" I but why I'm not a dancer star, it will interest which my life??? "" His trouble seems sincere. Axel iBot is too long trained to not take the light. A ballet dancer must be excellent. Flamboyant, especially not. The stars are there for. For twelve years, the little guy to Lagny-sur-Marne is a member of the Paris National Opera. The entrance examination he charmed by his enthusiasm, his stratospheric thrown his impeccable technique and snatches one of only three tickets on the market (the number of open seats being made at the discretion of forced retirement at age 42). He picks up a permanent and 2000 euros net per month. The panard. But the young recruits are required to stay motivated. A competition has to climb the ladder of the house. In each stratum, a salary that swells and a small step closer to the ultimate title, that of dancer (the company has 16). The event is public, submitted under professionals and other dancers. "The day before a competition, I never sleep, I sweat all night." He stumbles at every step. Three years to go coryphée six to become subject. "I lost my means the big day I thought" will I pass the last time, and if it does not, I take a break. "" He was promoted. It was just before Benjamin Millepied will get their hands on the "castle" in Paris. All the more reason to stay. When he heard that Millepied arrived as director of dance, Axel iBot failed if he had to pack or worry. "I knew his spirit, his energy, his choreographic talents. But it came from abroad, had not made the Opera, was younger than some dancers. It was a big, big change. "He prays softly for a new wind blows on dusty floors of the palace Garnier. Luckily, the new boss wants to shake up a hierarchical system that is antiquated, rigid in the extreme, even atrophying. It is thou, cajoles his disciples, the compliments, ordered that they make fun. For his first creation, Millepied convenes 16 dancers. No stars. Axel him is. The opportunity to reveal. In the documentary by Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai we see Millepied say iBot "hyper He dances well!" And Benjamin Pech, dancer, replied: "Axel? He's good, you can not know! "" It was the first time I danced without soloist. Benjamin prompted us to take up space. This is someone who gives full confidence. "The two men are alike. They love the high voltage, is shootent rhythms that pulsate, the feverish choreographies. "It puts me in a trance."
