In New York, the Millavian Diane Auriol leads the dance

Diane Auriol moved to New York at the age of 18 and is now a professional dancer.

After long months of life under the hood, the pulse of New York City begins to beat again. In the United States, more than 100 million doses of the vaccine against Covid-19 have already been administered, President Joe Biden has even set the end of May as the date of “return to normal life”.

If euphoria wins the hearts of New Yorkers, this is also the case with Diane Auriol. Professional dancer in the most populous city in the country, the Millavoise finally sees the signs of a rebirth. But from his point of view, it will take a few more years before a semblance of normalcy is restored.

Cross Move Lab

“Things are starting to get a little better, but at the level of the companies, of the auditions, for the moment it’s dead! Thousands of companies have closed. There is no more money. Under these conditions, the opportunities don’t run the streets. “

Arrived seven years ago on this side of the Atlantic, the Millavoise has fortunately had time to build up a solid network already working with prestigious choreographers such as Tadej Brdnik, Joe Monteleone, Micheal Bishop, Ari Mayzick, Yoshito Sakuraba or Patricia Birch.

“All these projects will be done, but when?”

Today, between the courses that she gives at a distance on behalf of the company Cross Move Lab or that she accompanies with Marnie Thomas Wood for the Martha Graham School, and the auditions that are gradually resuming, Diane keeps the cap.

“A necessity” she admits, so much the vagueness that currently reigns in the world of the arts has sealed an incredible variety of projects. “Before the Covid, we intended to go to China for a tour of a few months. Other shows should also have seen the light of day. But with the Covid, everything has been postponed … We know that all these projects will be done , but when? That’s the question. “

“I feel like I have always lived here”

However, it is unthinkable to return to France for the moment. “Even if the distance from my family is always difficult”, recognizes the dancer. “By coming to New York, I wanted to give myself the means to live my dream in dance. Something that would have been more difficult in France. Today I am there, I like it and I measure this luck . I feel like I’ve always lived here. “

Of course, Diane Auriol has not finished with The Big Apple, the city of all possibilities, where she intends – as an absolute fan of the All Blacks – to confirm the test!

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