Manuel Vignoulle

Born in France, Manuel Vignoulle studied at The Conservatoire National Supérieur de Danse de Paris and went on to work with contemporary French choreographers including Claude Brumachon, Corinne Lanselle, Karine Saporta, and Bernardo Montet. 

Vignoulle worked with Redha, a modern-jazz choreographer, and has performed for television, video, fashion, opera, and musicals. He has also been assistant choreographer in collaboration with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (USA), Het Nationale Ballet (Nederland), and State Theater Dance Company (South Africa). 

Vignoulle danced for the Ballet du Grand Théatre de Genève (Switzerland), which was named Best European Ballet Company in 2006. There, he worked with choreographers such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Adonis Foniadakis, Cisco Aznar, Annabelle Ochoa Lopez, Carolyn Carlson, Benjamin Millepied, and Malou Airaudo, among others. 

At Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet (New York), Vignoulle has performed works by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Ohad Naharin, Hofesh Shechter, Didy Veldman, Jo Stromgren, Alexander Eckman, and Benoit-Swan Pouffer. He appeared as a guest for La La La Human Steps (Canada), Dutch National Ballet (Netherland), State Theatre (South Africa), and The Forsythe Company (Germany). Vignoulle is currently a freelance choreographer performing his own work in Switzerland (Antigel Festival 2012, Tanzfaktor Interregio 2011, and Geneva Opera House), in France (Theatre Charles Dullin), in New York (The Latin Choreographers Festival 2012, New York City Center studio, Dixon Place, French and Filipino Embassies, Secret Robot Project, and « Artist emerging from the earth ») and Montreal (Springboard 2012).