Founded in November 2014, the Lignes Urbaines company aims to promote cultural diversity through boldness and questioning established norms. Its members seek to highlight the language of cultures, as well as their capacity to be experienced in varied and personal ways, while respecting their authenticity and essence.
To do this, they go to the crossroads, searching for a combined message that opens up the field of possibilities beyond unconsciously established codes. The ambition of the collective, composed of actors from various backgrounds, is to free themselves from labels regarding working methods and disciplines, within the current creative landscape, as well as among audiences.
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CREATIONS & SHOWS
IKŌ (2023)
Creation for five performers at the crossroads of Parkour and dance
Through a universe influenced by street culture, IKŌ seeks to find the right path to bring together the tools specific to Parkour and the technicality of choreographic art, highlighting a practice that is still underrepresented on stage. The uniqueness of the show lies in the metaphor represented by the scenographic structure: a complex structure of metal and planks that extends into a ten-metre by ten-metre cube. A space that initially appears stifling gradually becomes a terrain of infinite possibilities.
CASTING
Choreography: Marion Blanchot
Performers: Eva Yamani, Théophile Orvelin, Lukas Milesi (Parkour) and Laurène D’Orazio, Younes El Hajjami (dance)
Set design: Romain Blanchot
Lighting design: Camélia Puyo and Ella Jacon
Music composition: Constant Bankoué
100 PROFILS (2019)
Creation for 80 dancers
In partnership with 100 Blazes company
Premiere: October 9, 2019 at Espace Albert Camus (Bron), as part of Karavel Festival
PROFIL BIS (2018)
Creation for 6 dancers
Premiere: November 30, 2018 at Le Croiseur (Lyon), as part of Impulsion Festival
130 YENS (2016)
Creation for 5 dancers
Premiere: April 9, 2016 at the MJC of Villeurbanne
HUNIMAL (2014)
Creation for 7 dancers
Premiere: March 11, 2016 at Le Croiseur (Lyon), as part of Exercice 2 Styles
TEAM

Marion Blanchot
Coming from a modern and contemporary dance background, Marion quickly found inspiration in hip-hop culture through underground training sessions.
She went on to train in urban dances in Paris, Berlin, Tokyo and Seoul. In 2014, she began teaching a discipline she named “urban modern”, at the crossroads of contemporary dance and urban practices.
She teaches regular classes and masterclasses in various institutions across the Lyon metropolitan area, including Pôle Pik, Mov’n’Dance, Mix Dance Energy and the CNSMD de Lyon, as well as workshops in schools.
Alongside her work as a dancer, she develops projects such as Kampus and Répertoire & Folia, under the artistic direction of Mourad Merzouki. She has also collaborated with the band Pethrol, the visual artists of the Smicarts collective and Compagnie 100 Blazes.
In 2014, she founded Compagnie Lignes Urbaines, with the aim of constantly renewing itself around choreographic art within a distinctive universe. Three pieces have since been created: Hunimal in 2014, 130 YENS in 2016 and Profil Bis in 2018. She shares excerpts from her repertoire with young dancers from training programmes such as Désoblique, Mix Dance Energy and Cie Au Fait – Fabrik D’artistes.
Marion has been interested in Japanese culture for many years. She is learning the language and uses her stays in Japan to train in the distinctive teaching methods of Japanese hip-hop dancers. Always in search of new approaches and renewal, Marion began practising Aikido in 2017, then Parkour in 2020. She is also a philosophy student at Université Paris 10.
Photos © Jim La Souille (portrait)
© Fanny Desbaumes (IKO)
Associated artist
2025/2027 As part of the Associate Artist program
CALENDAR 2025
Jeune Ballet Lignes Urbaines
January — June 2026
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