Les Idoles
Chandra Grangean and Lise Messina are Les Idoles. They met in 2012 at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon. Driven by artistic affinities, they began collaborating during their years of study. Later, they worked together with Maguy Marin and in 2022, they founded Les Idoles, which is part of La Feat: an artistic platform where they exchange and collaborate with two other collectives, Hoods Flakes and Dikie Istorii.
Chandra Grangean, born in 1994, Chandra is a choreographic artist of Franco-Venezuelan origin. She studied contem-porary dance at the CRR in Paris and then at the CNSMD in Lyon. After graduating, she worked asa performer with various choreographers, including Ambra Senatore, La Fabrique Fastidieuse, Ali
Moini, Le Pole, Maud le Pladec and Maguy Marin. At the same time, Chandra develops his own research work in collaboration with Tom Grand Mourcel, Martin Malatray-Ravit and Lise Messina. In 2022, they created La FEAT, an artistic platform that brings together three projects: Dikie Istorii company, Hoods Flakes (artistic hold-up) and the collective Les Idoles.
Lise Messina trained in contemporary dance at the Conservatoire Nationale Supérieur de Lyon, then atthe Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen (Germany). At the same time, she took a degreein philosophy at the Université Paris Nanterre, then obtained a master’s degree in dramaturgy atthe ENS in Lyon, where she interned with Lia Rodrigues in Maré (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) beforejoining the Compagnie Maguy Marin as a performer. She is also involved in her own research asa member of the Idoles collective and, more broadly, of the artistic platform La FEAT
Chandra Grangean, born in 1994, Chandra is a choreographic artist of Franco-Venezuelan origin. She studied contem-porary dance at the CRR in Paris and then at the CNSMD in Lyon. After graduating, she worked asa performer with various choreographers, including Ambra Senatore, La Fabrique Fastidieuse, Ali
Moini, Le Pole, Maud le Pladec and Maguy Marin. At the same time, Chandra develops his own research work in collaboration with Tom Grand Mourcel, Martin Malatray-Ravit and Lise Messina. In 2022, they created La FEAT, an artistic platform that brings together three projects: Dikie Istorii company, Hoods Flakes (artistic hold-up) and the collective Les Idoles.
Lise Messina trained in contemporary dance at the Conservatoire Nationale Supérieur de Lyon, then atthe Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen (Germany). At the same time, she took a degreein philosophy at the Université Paris Nanterre, then obtained a master’s degree in dramaturgy atthe ENS in Lyon, where she interned with Lia Rodrigues in Maré (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) beforejoining the Compagnie Maguy Marin as a performer. She is also involved in her own research asa member of the Idoles collective and, more broadly, of the artistic platform La FEAT
