A former troupe dancer trained in a demanding course at the gates of the Paris Opera, Laure Legros now teaches in Agen. At 53, she divides her time between transmitting dance and creating crafts with Lumiplumes.
“You forget the things you do in life, and you forget yourself too.” In her apartment in Agen, where she recently moved, Laure Legros scrolls through photos, magazines and press clippings. Memories resurface throughout the pages: a disciplined youth, tours, scenes, meetings.
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At 53, the classical dance teacher is rediscovering her own journey. But behind these memories, a recent project now occupies a central place: Lumiplumes, an artisanal activity around natural feather lighting that she has been developing for several months.
Lumiplumes, create differently
It is by observing nature and returning to simple materials that Laure Legros says she found the idea for Lumiplumes. Today she assembles carefully selected feathers to design luminous, unique and numbered pieces. “I developed a passion for feathers,” she explains, describing the meticulous work of cutting, balance and composition.
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Each creation requires time and particular attention to materials. Without claiming large-scale production, Laure Legros develops an artisanal approach where each object finds its own identity. For her, this work extends a sensitivity acquired on stage: that of detail, of space and light.
The school of rigor, at the gates of the Opera
Before Lumiplumes, there were tours, sets and big stages. Born in Charente-Maritime, Laure Legros quickly left for Paris, where dance became the common thread of her life. Initiated at a very young age, she joined the Saint-Maur-des-Fossés conservatory at the age of 11 before joining the Chaptal Academy, directed by Monique Arabian, a school recognized for its high standards.
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His daily life is then entirely structured around this vocation. “I did dance in the morning, school in the afternoon and dance in the evening,” she says. Up to 20 hours of weekly practice, in a rigor that she describes as permanent. This classical training forges, according to her, much more than a technique: a lasting discipline. There she also discovered other artistic forms, such as character dance, and came into contact with a world close to great figures of entertainment. She mentions in particular her meetings with Claude Nougaro and Pascal Sevran throughout her career.
Ten years of troop
The family move to Cahors (Lot), where she lived for 25 years and began teaching dance, changed the rest of her career. In 1993, she joined the Dimitri Troika troupe. For ten years, she performed shows, tours, casinos, broadcasts and travels. From Merzouga, in Morocco, where she dances for New Year’s Eve in the dunes, to Geneva, Toulouse or Paris, Laure Legros discovers the intensity of the traveling show.
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She describes a united troop, “like a family”, spending entire weeks on the roads, sometimes sleeping on the bus. Memories of television sets, prestigious stages and artistic encounters remain numerous. But behind this life of light, it also recalls a more fragile reality: that of a profession where one must constantly seek new commitments.
After her years of touring, Laure Legros gradually turned to teaching. In Cahors where she lived for 25 years, then in Montauban, she gave MJC lessons, worked in after-school activities in primary schools and also taught in associations and in private dance schools.
The accident that changes the rhythm
In 2010, a pneumothorax suddenly slowed down this dynamic. A serious medical emergency that marks a turning point.
Today based in Agen, where she says she has found a form of balance, she teaches at the Danse’n co studio. Classical dance, floor barre or even pilates: it diversifies the disciplines.
