Alizé Poitreau was born on September 5th 2002 in Vichy, France.

 

Her parents were trapeze artists, so she was a child of the troop, traveling all over Europe for contracts of their company Tout Fou To Fly.

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Finally based in the south of France, in La Seyne sur Mer, she followed traditional schooling whilst becoming a good acrobatic. She trained in the circus school created by her father Jean-Michel Poitreau “Tout Fou To Fly and Co”, as well as in gymnastics, dance and music at the National Conservatory. Then, naturally moved into professional circus schools, at École Nationale des Arts du Cirque de Rosny-sous-Bois at the age of 17, then at Ecole Nationale de Cirque of Montréal two years later.

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Becoming accustomed to the stage at a very young age, she did her first solo performance at 7 on her fixed trapeze, soon after moving to swinging trapeze, this became her favorite apparatus up until today.

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A good acrobat on the ground, she is particularly drawn to aerial disciplines such as flying trapeze, but also practices hand to hand, acrobatic bicycle, porting/basing and handbalancing. 

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Having been cradled in the flying trapeze companies of her mother, Elza Renoud (the Pépones and the Tangente du Bras Tendu), she appreciates group work and likes to be part of collectives. Meaning the process of artistic creation is also a real source of satisfaction for her.