Kamel Ouali
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Kamel Ouali is a French
choreographer.
Dance teacher at the Dance Academy of Paris
and at the Conservatories of La Courneuve and Saint Denis, Kamel Ouali works with artists on video clips and on some French musicals like Les Dix Commandements (The Ten Commandments
) and Autant en Emporte le Vent (French adaptation of Margaret Mitchell
's novel Gone with the Wind
).
In 2001 he started to work as a dance teacher on the French TV show Star Academy
, which gained him great popularity among teenagers and young adults. In 2005 he created his first musical, produced by Dove Attia and Albert Cohen, Le Roi Soleil
(The Sun King). The same year, he was the choreographer of Dances with Robots for the French theme park Futuroscope
. In 2009 he worked on the musical Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte (Cleopatra, Last Queen of Egypt).
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
choreographer.
Biography
Kamel Ouali was born in Paris. He is of Algerian descent.Dance teacher at the Dance Academy of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and at the Conservatories of La Courneuve and Saint Denis, Kamel Ouali works with artists on video clips and on some French musicals like Les Dix Commandements (The Ten Commandments
Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue , are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and most forms of Christianity. They include instructions to worship only God and to keep the Sabbath, and prohibitions against idolatry,...
) and Autant en Emporte le Vent (French adaptation of Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American author and journalist. Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937 for her epic American Civil War era novel, Gone with the Wind, which was the only novel by Mitchell published during her lifetime.-Family:Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta,...
's novel Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind
The slaves depicted in Gone with the Wind are primarily loyal house servants, such as Mammy, Pork and Uncle Peter, and these slaves stay on with their masters even after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 sets them free...
).
In 2001 he started to work as a dance teacher on the French TV show Star Academy
Star Academy
Star Academy is a highly successful television show format based on the Spanish format "Operación Triunfo" produced by Endemol, that has been broadcast in over 50 countries...
, which gained him great popularity among teenagers and young adults. In 2005 he created his first musical, produced by Dove Attia and Albert Cohen, Le Roi Soleil
Le Roi Soleil (musical)
Le Roi Soleil is a successful French musical about the life of Louis XIV . It premiered on 22 September 2005 at the Palais des Sports in Paris.-Plot:...
(The Sun King). The same year, he was the choreographer of Dances with Robots for the French theme park Futuroscope
Futuroscope
Futuroscope, or Parc du Futuroscope is a French theme park based upon multimedia, cinematographic futuroscope and audio-visual techniques...
. In 2009 he worked on the musical Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte (Cleopatra, Last Queen of Egypt).