Le Cercle des Artistes is a French cultural association whose goal is to create, produce, promote in France and world-wide theater and audiovisual projects.

Abdel SOUFI
Actor and Artistic Director

"I wanted to bring together a team composed of strong, individualistic and demanding personalities.

Twenty performers chosen to accompany me along this exalting path of discovery of this myth which has been, and still is, a beacon to me in my life as an actor.

An exalting journey into the mind of this mythical visionary"

After training at the Cours Périmony where he was awarded the Louis Jouvet Prize in 1990, Abdel’s cinema career includes Antilles sur Seine by Pascal Légitimus, Astérix et Cléopatre by Alain Chabat, L’un reste, l’autre part by Claude Berri, Un grand cri d’amour by Josiane Balasko, and Les Ripoux 3 by Claude Zidi. His television career includes the series Le Lycée, La Crim, Commissaire Moulin, Navarro, Femmes de loi, Duval et Moretti. In the theatre, Abdel has played roles in several productions by Patrick Haggiag – La Trilogie de la Villégiature (created in Lausanne and then on tour), Sur la Côte et l’autre bord, inspired by the correspondence of Arthur Rimbaud, Le Chant des chants, staged at the Petit Odéon, Les Cinq Rouleaux at the Manufacture des Œillets, and Vers Jona at Théâtre 13.

He has also played in Le Balcon by Jean Genet, produced by Luis Pasqual at the Théâtre National de l’Odéon, Le Palais des Claques directed by Anne-Marie Chanelière, and Médée, directed by Gérard Malabat at the Louveciennes Theatre.

Geraldine Armstrong

Choreographer

Born in the islands of Grenada, Geraldine arrived in London in 1967 to study dance, notably with Matt Mattox, and then moved on to join the Jazz Art Company. In 1975, she went to Paris, met Line Renaud, and became a solo performer in the show Paris Line. She has also worked as a choreographer and dancer with Michel Lebb, Dalida, Sheila, etc.

In 1988 she created her own Armstrong Jazz Ballet company which quickly made an international reputation for itself, but she still continued to choreograph ballets for companies in Russia, Italy, Martinique, and the UK. In 2009, whilst working on the Black Dance Project, she collaborated with Rick Odums and the Centre National de la Danse was then born, which continued the tradition of the repertoire of Eleo Pomare, Donald McKayle, Ronald K Brown….

Dancer, choreographer, a nationally and internationally renowned teacher, member of the national state jury, Geraldine is currently teaching at the Rick Odums Professional Institute.

Martin Luther King ou Le Combat pour la Liberté

Martin Luther King ou Le Combat pour la Liberté