Arnaud Duprat
Performance
Funkstyle dancer and beatmaker/composer, Arnaud Duprat (alias AAron EVO) has been dancing since 1995, exploring on his own different styles, including hype, electric boogie, b-boying, locking and boogaloo/popping, ultimately devoting himself to the latter. Born in the Landes region of France, he left for Paris in 2001 after spending a few years in the three-person dance company LUNION, of which he was co-founder. He performed with the Montalvo-Hervieux Dance Company in 2007, joining Point Zéro (Delphine Caron) in 2008, where he has remained to the present day as dancer, assistant choreographer and composer. From 2017 he performed with Cie de Soi (Radhouane El Meddeb) and collaborated with Axelle & Julien as dancer and composer. In 2018 he founded GROOVE GARDEN together with Pascal Luce and Sonia Bel Hadj Brahim. At the same time he won numerous battles under the stage name of AAron EVO, both for his dance and his musical prowess, becoming one of the most prolific composers in the popping scene. In 2019, he joined par Terre / Anne Nguyen Dance Company for À mon bel amour. He is a performer in the new creation Underdogs.