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| '''Aleksandra Fontaine''' ('''Aleksandra Kędzierska''' |
'''Aleksandra Fontaine''' (born '''Aleksandra Kędzierska''' on {{birth date and age|1984|4|13}}) is a Polish-French dancer and actress.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=Variete |first1=Krakowski Teatr |title=Krakowski Teatr Variete – Nocne Variete: Le Rêve (Marzenie) |url=https://teatrvariete.pl/nocne-variete-le-reve-marzenie/ |accessdate=2024-07-04 |website=teatrvariete.pl}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=From the Paris Lido to the Variete in Krakow |url=http://www.dziennikpolski24.pl/artykul/3939301,z-paryskiego-lido-do-variete-w-krakowie,id,t.html |accessdate=2024-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Swarovski and ostrich feathers straight from Paris |url=http://www.dziennikpolski24.pl/artykul/3927307,swarovski-i-strusie-piora-wprost-z-paryza,id,t.html |accessdate=2024-07-04}}</ref> She is also a novelist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans - Aleksandra Kedzierska signe son 3e roman : "Tombe l’ombre" |url=https://www.lindependant.fr/2022/12/23/saint-laurent-de-cerdans-aleksandra-kedzierska-signe-son-3e-roman-tombe-lombre-10886548.php |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=lindependant.fr |language=fr}}</ref> | ||
| == |
== Life and career== | ||
| === Early life === | === Early life === | ||
| Fontaine grew up in ], Poland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goutorbe |first=Christian |date=2021-08-02 |title=Dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, l’ébouriffante galerie d’art d’une ancienne danseuse du Lido |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/dans-les-pyrenees-orientales-lebouriffante-galerie-dart-dune-ancienne-danseuse-du-lido-02-08-2021-QFFJSIB55RFHRDFND7JBA6WETY.php |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref> She started dancing at the age of nine at the National Ballet School in ]. At sixteen, she left her parents and Poland to study neo-classical dance, choreography, and theater at the ] for Music, Drama and Dance in Austria.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
| ⚫ | === Dancing === | ||
| Her first engagement in her international dancing career was with the It Dansa company in ] in 2003.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> | |||
| Fontaine's first professional dance engagement was with the It Dansa company in ], Spain, in 2003.<ref name=":2" /> The same year, she became a Bluebell Girls dancer,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Des artistes en villégiature chez Aleksandra |url=https://www.lindependant.fr/2024/08/21/des-artistes-en-villegiature-chez-aleksandra-12152552.php |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=lindependant.fr |language=fr}}</ref> joining the Lido cabaret in Paris,<ref name=":4">{{cite web |last1=Fontaine Media |date=2016-03-21 |title=Aleksandra Kedzierska Fontaine & Krzysztof Skiba |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS5vSrMGCnM |accessdate=2024-07-04}}</ref> She appeared several times in ]'s show ''Le Plus Grand Cabaret du monde'' on ].<ref name=":1" /> | |||
| ⚫ | Fontaine appeared in documentaries in Poland<!-- ABOUT DANCING?? --> (''We are from Poland'' on ]) and France (''Sept à huit'' on ]) on {{date|March 18, 2012}},<ref>{{cite web |language=pl |title=Famous artist on the dramatic situation in France! It's never been this bad / Viva.pl |url=https://viva.pl/ludzie/wywiady-vivy/aleksandra-fontaine-o-dramatycznej-isytuacjii-we-francji-i-koronawirusie-124648-r1/ |website=Viva.pl |accessdate=2024-07-04}}.</ref> | ||
| A friend advised her to audition in Paris, where she successfully joined the ].<ref name=":4" /> | |||
| === |
=== Choreographer and producer === | ||
| In 2015, Fontaine founded a production company, Fontaine Media, to produce her own shows, with the first one, the ] ''Le Rêve'' (''Dream''), presented in {{date|July 2015}} in ], Poland, at the Variété Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-11-30 |title=Aleksandra Kędzierska Fontaine: ciągle jestem głodna nowych wrażeń |url=https://kultura.onet.pl/wywiady-i-artykuly/aleksandra-kedzierska-fontaine-ciagle-jestem-glodna-nowych-wrazen/p3xmxx5 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Kultura Onet |language=pl}}</ref> In 2016, she presented the ''Theatre-Revue Show'' first in ] and then in ].<ref>{{cite web |title=The great success of the III edition of the Pomorskie Rendez-Vous - Sunreef Yachts |url=https://www.sunreef-yachts.com/en/news/sunreef-yachts-organizes-the-3rd-edition-of-the-pomorskie-rendez-vous |website=Sunreef Yachts |accessdate=2024-07-04}}.</ref> | |||
| In 2003, she became a Bluebell Girls dancer and stayed at the Lido for three years. | |||
| === Actress and body double === | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| In 2010, she played the role of Indra in the film '']'' by Christophe Blanc.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} She appeared<!-- AS WHAT? --> in the short film ''Job Interview'' by Pauline Caballero in 2016. She next played a teacher in ''L'Atelier de l'ange'' (''Angel's Workshop'') by Pierre Laffargue. In 2017, she appeared <!-- AS WHAT? -->in the film '']'' by ].{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} | |||
| Fontaine served as ] for actresses such as ], in ], or ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aleksandra Fontaine:du Lido à doublure corps de Margaret Qualley dans “The Substance” |url=https://lepetitjournal.com/varsovie/communaute/aleksandra-fontaine-lido-doublure-margaret-qualley-substance-399242 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=lepetitjournal.com |language=fr}}</ref> | |||
| Aleksandra appeared several times in ]'s show ''Le Plus Grand Cabaret du monde'' on ].<ref name=":1" /> | |||
| ⚫ | On {{date|March 17, 2018}}, she directed and played the role of Lidia in the adaptation of her novel ''La Fille à la valise'' (''The Girl with the Suitcase'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans - Aleksandra Kedzierska signe son 3e roman : "Tombe l’ombre" |url=https://www.lindependant.fr/2022/12/23/saint-laurent-de-cerdans-aleksandra-kedzierska-signe-son-3e-roman-tombe-lombre-10886548.php |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=lindependant.fr |language=fr}}</ref> at the Municipal Theatre of ], France.<ref>https://www.mairie-perpignan.fr/sites/mairie-perpignan.fr/files/editeur/002_flyer_akf_170318_w.pdf</ref> | ||
| Aleksandra also modeled for a year after her time at the Lido.<ref name=":3" /> | |||
| === Dancer at the Crazy Paris Show in Macau === | |||
| In 2007-2008, Aleksandra joined the Crazy Paris Show in ] (]) as a cabaret dancer, performing various dances such as the ], India Dance, ], and ], which were performed daily. | |||
| === Choreographer, stage manager, and producer === | |||
| In 2015, Aleksandra founded her production company, Fontaine Media, to create and produce her own shows, with the first one, ''Le Rêve'' (''Dream''), presented in {{date|July 2015}} in ] at the Variété Theatre.<ref name=":3" /> | |||
| ''Le Rêve'' is a revue that is a true theater and dance performance featuring artists such as Nathalie Cohen (]) and Erica Bailey (], aerial acrobat<ref>{{cite web|title=Fontaine Media|url=http://www.fontainemedia.com/#!presse-spectacles/mc0pk|website=fontainemedia|accessdate=2024-07-04}}</ref>). | |||
| In 2016, the ''Theatre-Revue Show'' was presented first in ] and then in ]<ref>{{cite web |title=The great success of the III edition of the Pomorskie Rendez-Vous - Sunreef Yachts |url=https://www.sunreef-yachts.com/en/news/sunreef-yachts-organizes-the-3rd-edition-of-the-pomorskie-rendez-vous |website=Sunreef Yachts |accessdate=2024-07-04}}.</ref>. | |||
| ⚫ | On {{date|March 17, 2018}}, she directed and played the role of Lidia in the adaptation of her novel ''La Fille à la valise'' at the Municipal Theatre of Perpignan<ref>https://www.mairie-perpignan.fr/sites/mairie-perpignan.fr/files/editeur/002_flyer_akf_170318_w.pdf</ref> |
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| Alongside her activities as a ] and ], Aleksandra took theater and acting classes at Studio Pygmalion and the ] Paris. | |||
| In 2008, she started her career as an ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Alexandra Kedzierska|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3854703/|website=IMDb|accessdate=2024-07-04}}</ref> with a role (extra) in the film '']'' by ], starring ].<ref name=":4" /> | |||
| In 2010, she got the role of Indra in the film '']'' by Christophe Blanc, starring ], ], and ]. | |||
| In 2011, she played an extra role in the film '']'' by Sophie Lellouche, starring ], ], and ]. | |||
| In {{date|January 2016}}, she acted in the short film ''Job Interview'' by Pauline Caballero.<ref name=":4" /> | |||
| She also played the role of the teacher in ''L'Atelier de l'ange'' (''Angel's Workshop'') by Pierre Laffargue.<ref name=":4" /> | |||
| In 2017, she appeared in the film '']'' by ], starring ], ], and ]. | |||
| === Producer === | |||
| Aleksandra founded her production company, Fontaine Media, in 2015, where she produces shows such as ''Le Rêve''. | |||
| === Journalist and writer === | |||
| Aleksandra worked as a ] for Polish and French magazines, focusing on cultural events. | |||
| She published a novel, ''La Fille à la valise'' (''The Girl with the Suitcase''), which she later adapted for the theater. | |||
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Latest revision as of 05:22, 26 December 2024
Aleksandra Fontaine (born Aleksandra Kędzierska on (1984-04-13) April 13, 1984 (age 40)) is a Polish-French dancer and actress. She is also a novelist.
Life and career
Early life
Fontaine grew up in Gdynia, Poland. She started dancing at the age of nine at the National Ballet School in Gdańsk. At sixteen, she left her parents and Poland to study neo-classical dance, choreography, and theater at the Anton Bruckner Private University for Music, Drama and Dance in Austria.
Dancing
Fontaine's first professional dance engagement was with the It Dansa company in Barcelona, Spain, in 2003. The same year, she became a Bluebell Girls dancer, joining the Lido cabaret in Paris, She appeared several times in Patrick Sébastien's show Le Plus Grand Cabaret du monde on France 2.
Fontaine appeared in documentaries in Poland (We are from Poland on TVP Polonia) and France (Sept à huit on TF1) on 18 March 2012,
Choreographer and producer
In 2015, Fontaine founded a production company, Fontaine Media, to produce her own shows, with the first one, the revue Le Rêve (Dream), presented in July 2015 in Kraków, Poland, at the Variété Theatre. In 2016, she presented the Theatre-Revue Show first in Singapore and then in Gdańsk.
Actress and body double
In 2010, she played the role of Indra in the film White as Snow by Christophe Blanc. She appeared in the short film Job Interview by Pauline Caballero in 2016. She next played a teacher in L'Atelier de l'ange (Angel's Workshop) by Pierre Laffargue. In 2017, she appeared in the film HHhH by Cédric Jimenez.
Fontaine served as body double for actresses such as Margaret Qualley, in The Substance, or Sandrine Kiberlain.
On 17 March 2018, she directed and played the role of Lidia in the adaptation of her novel La Fille à la valise (The Girl with the Suitcase) at the Municipal Theatre of Perpignan, France.
References
- ^ Variete, Krakowski Teatr. "Krakowski Teatr Variete – Nocne Variete: Le Rêve (Marzenie)". teatrvariete.pl. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "From the Paris Lido to the Variete in Krakow". Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- "Swarovski and ostrich feathers straight from Paris". Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- "Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans - Aleksandra Kedzierska signe son 3e roman : "Tombe l'ombre"". lindependant.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- Goutorbe, Christian (2021-08-02). "Dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, l'ébouriffante galerie d'art d'une ancienne danseuse du Lido". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- "Des artistes en villégiature chez Aleksandra". lindependant.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- Fontaine Media (2016-03-21). "Aleksandra Kedzierska Fontaine & Krzysztof Skiba". Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- "Famous artist on the dramatic situation in France! It's never been this bad / Viva.pl". Viva.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-07-04..
- "Aleksandra Kędzierska Fontaine: ciągle jestem głodna nowych wrażeń". Kultura Onet (in Polish). 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- "The great success of the III edition of the Pomorskie Rendez-Vous - Sunreef Yachts". Sunreef Yachts. Retrieved 2024-07-04..
- "Aleksandra Fontaine:du Lido à doublure corps de Margaret Qualley dans "The Substance"". lepetitjournal.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- "Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans - Aleksandra Kedzierska signe son 3e roman : "Tombe l'ombre"". lindependant.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- https://www.mairie-perpignan.fr/sites/mairie-perpignan.fr/files/editeur/002_flyer_akf_170318_w.pdf