Biography

He joined Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP) in contemporary dance in 2003. In 2009, he obtained his Certificate of Interpretation with honors. During his training he performed works by Angelin Preljocaj, Anna Sokolow, Alwin Nikolaïs, Paul Taylor, Christine Bastin, Jean-Claude Gallotta, Dominique Bagouet, Dominique Boivin, Daniel Larrieu and toured Europe with the Junior Ballet.

He then went to Germany to the Folkwang Hochschule to perfect himself in the method Jooss-Leeder (used and made famous by the choreographer Pina Bausch), style and philosophy with Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal dancers. He studied with Dominique Mercy, Malou Airaudo, Lutz Förster, Stephan Brinkann, Susanne Linke, JoAnn Endicott, Bénédicte Billiet, Cristiana Morganti. He performed in two creations by Leandro Kees and Félix Bürkle and created a personal solo

As a dancer, he has worked for the Company Beau Geste (director Dominique Boivin), several events, danced for Joëlle Bouvier and danced the musical Carousel at the Theatre du Châtelet.

He was part of the company at CNDC Angers (director Robert Swinston) to rework repertoire pieces by Merce Cunnignham and part of the ensemble of the Folkwang TanzStudio (repertoire of Reinhild Hoffmann, Malou Airaudo and Stephan Brinkmann).
He toured in Marocco, Japan, Montenegro, France, England, United States of America, Germany, Belgium.

He dance on some Operas in Capitole of Toulouse, in Royal Opera of Wallonie (Belgium) and at the Paris Opera.

As a teacher, Lucas has taught in schools in France and abroad (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Israel, Hungary, England, Taiwan, Australia, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, Sweden), for the Paris Opera School, the English National Ballet School, the Basel Theater, the Ballet Preljocaj and Bolshoï dancers, the Cullberg, the Vlaanderen Ballet… He also participated in the National Superior Music and Dance Conservatory of Paris for the training of pianists who plays for dance classes.

He graduated from the first cycle of Laban notation with honors.

Following commissions he choreographed for one of the soloists of the StaatsBallet Berlin (direction Vladimir Malakhov), for students of the Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan, for the French Ministry of Culture, for the Ecole de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal…

In 2020, he is a laureate of the “Résidences Sur Mesure” of the French Institute and he is supported in 2021 by the Foundation Cléo Thiberge-Edrom.