For performers, companies and producers
Supporting your teams.
- Acrobatics
- Stunts and falls
- Aerial arts and performer flying
- Stage combat
- Physical conditioning
For performer training, coaching and project support, your contact is ARTIS. This page also presents Thomas’s work on The Rise; the provider and scope of each new service will be set out in its quote or contract.
Thomas's work for RB Dance Company
The Rise.Designing the flying,preparing the performers.
In this musical by Romain Rachline Borgeaud, the stage unfolds across several levels. The performers' flying, falls and movements all need careful preparation.
Ákros founder Thomas Le Groignec brings the experience he developed within the company to this production. His role combines system design, performer training and ongoing support.
Credited as flying director & stunt coordinator.
The show and its team · FrenchThe systems
Designing and installing
Thomas oversees the design and adaptation of performer flying and safety systems: producing plans, selecting and ordering equipment, creating the systems and organising routes through the set.
The performers
Training for the movement
He trains the performers in acrobatics, flying effects, stage combat, stunts and falls. Physical conditioning supports this work.
Over time
Continuing the support
His work continues through ongoing support for the systems and training for the performers. The show's needs guide the adjustments and further work with the team.
Our role in your project
Shaped around your needs.
For training, coaching or project support, ARTIS discusses your request and sets out the scope of its work in the quote or contract.
The venue is agreed for each project. ARTIS holds the lease for the premises in Mouchamps.
Advice and preparation
Clarifying the aims, understanding the venue's constraints and assessing the performers' experience. Helping you choose an approach and organise the work.
Performer training with ARTIS
Developing performers' skills in acrobatics, stunts and falls, aerial arts, flying or stage combat, with the physical conditioning they need. The content and pace are shaped around their experience and the project.
Artistic and technical support
Developing movements and their place in the show, preparing rehearsals and refining the work with your team.
Equipment selection and system design
Selecting equipment, designing or adapting the system, producing plans and preparing its construction. Engineering work is coordinated with the project's technical specialists. Explore equipment solutions.
Installation and ongoing support
Installing and adjusting the system, helping the team learn to use it, then supporting its use and any adaptations required as the project develops.
Coaching sessions, vocational training and support for an act or project are covered by separate proposals. Exercises using apparatus, at height, in suspension or involving counterweights require a specific review of the content, supervision, equipment and conditions.
Where a project requires structural calculations, validation is the responsibility of an engineer or an engineering consultancy. We prepare the setup in collaboration with these specialists.
Training and technical work
Venues. Teams.
- Parc AstérixPreparing the park’s future performers in aerial disciplines.
- Palais des Congrès de ParisSilks and aerial hoop rigging installed by Thomas Le Groignec.
- La Seine MusicaleRigging for an aerial hoop act.
- Contre-Temps AcadémieProfessional acrobatics training with Thomas Le Groignec.
- West Coast AcademySkills shared between our two teams.
- Neodance AcademyAcrobatics classes for Neodance dancers, taught by Thomas Le Groignec.
- Choreia Arts StudioThomas Le Groignec teaches acrobatics to the school’s dancers.
- Le Centre des Arts VivantsAcrobatics alongside dance, taught by Thomas Le Groignec.
In the press · Ouest-France · 2021
Sharing skills with performing arts professionals.
Ouest-France featured Ákros's training in Beaurepaire. An archive of the company's work passing on its skills.
Read the article · FrenchBefore we talk
Let's start with what you need.
Tell us about the request, the people involved and your proposed schedule. For training, coaching or project support, write to us: Ákros passes your request on to ARTIS, and the scope will be agreed before any commitment.
Together, we will define the resources needed and the stages where we can help.
Read the brochurePDF · 4 pages
Let's talk
Let's discusswhat you need.
For training, coaching or project support, tell us what you need. ARTIS will set out the proposal and its contractual terms.