Welcome, Rachel and Alexandre!
Croí Glan is delighted to welcome two new dancers with disabilities: Rachel Paul and Alexandre Legrain. Welcome, both!
Rachel Paul discovered integrated dance in 2012. From that moment, she never stopped dancing, and she has worked with several companies in Perú (Kinesfera Danza), Colombia (ConCuerpos), and France (Etrangères). She has also trained in London with Candoco Dance Company. In Paris, she organized some events to help integrated dance companies to share their work. Apart from dancing, she's a documentary filmmaker, and she is currently working on a project about the disability rights movement in France.
Alexandre Legrain is a wheelchair user originally from France. He was involved at a very young age in sports, at first martial arts, then some other individual sports, as well as some amateur drama/performing arts groups in Strasbourg. After a few years of extensive travel, Alex lived in Cork 2016-17, where he was involved with the Rebel Wheelers sports organisation. He is a wheelchair rugby player. He has a professional background in the field of adult education, working as a trainer and a counsellor in various institutions (companies, schools, continuing education) with a focus on trainer's training and online education. He is also involved in LGBTQI community centres as a volunteer, especially as a facilitator for anti-discrimination awareness sessions for teens and adults.