Attentiveness
Observing a body in motion calls for a particular kind of listening — to its state, and to discovering what it needs.
Workshop
Body
Expression Workshop
Cathy Ematchoua × Body Expression Workshop
Cathy Ematchoua creates a workshop to explore the language of the body through the senses, breath, and organic movement.
Cathy Ematchoua is a multidisciplinary artist — dancer, choreographer, and director. With a film degree from Paris VIII and a Jazz certification from the renowned Académie Internationale de la Danse, she has collaborated with international stars such as USHER, M.I.A., and Doja Cat, as well as French artists including MC Solaar, Slimane, Christine and the Queens, and Georgio.
She also excels as a Movement Director for prestigious brands such as Givenchy, Hermès, Armani, Lancôme, and Balenciaga. Her versatile talent led her to choreograph the Lion King show at Disneyland Paris, as well as the musical-comedy series Reusss. She has also directed commercials and music videos for a wide range of artists.
Alongside this work, Cathy shares her passion through body expression workshops — a unique experience to become aware of one's body and find a form of emotional release.
Dancer, choreographer, movement director, and filmmaker — I'm simply someone passionate about life and what art can offer us.
Dance and movement are forms of expression that, through twenty years of experience in the audiovisual world, have taught me they are essential tools for mindful flourishing.
Teaching
The workshops are taught in Paris and abroad, in collaboration with dance schools, institutions, corporate councils, productions, associations, and a variety of dance studios:
Dance studios
- Studio Bleu
- Studio Alemena · Vincennes
Schools & institutions
- École de danse de Paris
- Centre Paris Anim
Festivals & associations
- Festival Série Mania (ALELPA)
Productions & collectives
- Actors' collective
- Audiovisual production
My values
Integrity
Sharing and transmitting with passion, care, and kindness — always in respect for the person.
Creativity
Bringing a lively, creative spirit to teaching with humility — taking the risk of speaking to every audience and adapting to their level.
Workshop — Body expression
Guided by my passion, I followed the path of dance, choreography, and filmmaking in search of answers to my questions. I trained, learned, practiced, rehearsed, loved my craft — and developed my own language.
It also let me reconnect with an aspect of my feminine energy, offering myself the gift of being who I am. I found answers within myself, within us, within the human being — and understood that the body's language speaks for itself, in its truest, most real, most authentic form, without artifice.
Today, I'm building a workshop tailored for artists, for those who wish to reconnect with themselves, and finally for children — an introduction to body awareness.
This process was born from a desire to work on the substance, as I did in childhood through therapeutic contemporary dance with Professor Franckie Handburger Chauve.
Today, it has become essential to me that the new generation learns to detach from the gaze of others, from the perception of their image on screens — to discover their inner world through the expression of the body.
Body expression workshop — 2h
Open to all
A body, a stance, a glance… What words leave unspoken, the body's language speaks. We're often skeptical of our own abilities — the perception of others or of ourselves becomes a heavy block. The limits are in the mind, not the body.
What is the body expression workshop?
- Allowing yourself to move
- Engaging your body without judgment
- Exploring and discovering its different parts
- Finding consistency in your practice
- Trusting yourself
- Releasing your energy
- Daring to let go
Parents & children
From age 7 — pre-teens, teenagers
"Mom, I'm afraid you won't be there with me."
Through movement, words are freed. When parents no longer know how to communicate with their children, when they are in a moment of crisis or going through a transition, I offer this workshop built around several exercises:
- A body awakening
- A warm-up
- Playful, useful exercises to be ready and open to learning a choreography
The body unlocks and the mind opens to work as a pair — without expectation, without pressure. The exchange becomes fluid and natural, making room for communication.
Professionals
As a dancer, I received a rigorous training, with iron discipline, at the Académie Internationale de la Danse. I have great memories of it — but something was missing: learning to interpret, to define one's own personality, and not seeking to fit a single mold.
That's how I created my body expression workshop — to allow people in the audiovisual world (dancers, actors, models) to exist on their own terms. To deconstruct the mold imposed by a perfect aesthetic or perfect technique, and instead bring forward what is unique, what sets them apart.
5, 6, 7, 8 — Time to deconstruct!
My collaborations
Anthony Joshua
The Team
To be the best, you have to work with the best. World-renowned choreographer Cathy Ematchoua joined forces with AJ's former coach Sean Murphy to put together a slick sequence of jabs, hooks and dance moves.
Armani — Nicholas Galitzine
Stronger With You
Coca-Cola — The Musical
That Moment When
Relais & Châteaux
Creating Delicious Journeys
Address
Studio Bleu — 7, rue des Petites Écuries, 75010 Paris
Schedule
May 2026
- Body expression workshop
- Body expression workshop
April 2026
- Body expression workshop
- Body expression workshop
March 2026
- Body expression workshop
- Body expression workshop
February 2026
- Body expression workshop
- Body expression workshop
January 2026
- Body expression workshop
- Body expression workshop
November 2025
- Body expression workshop
- Body expression workshop
October 2025
- Body expression workshop
- Body expression workshop
- Body expression workshop
September 2025
- Body expression workshop
- Body expression workshop
Feedback from workshop participants
AMSet designer
My concern was memory loss after chemo. For a moment, the tears came — and it felt good to let go, to reconnect with the body. Thank you, I'll be back!
VDSinger-songwriter
A decompression chamber, a breathing bubble, a unique moment of sharing — reconnecting and weaving the bond between my daughter and me. She has been able to face her issue and is working on it now. Thank you!
SLProfessional dancer
I stepped completely out of my comfort zone. Learning to let the body speak is really difficult for me. The body awakening and the in-depth warm-up truly make a difference in how to approach choreography. In short, thank you!
MPProducer
You can't imagine how good it felt. The session put my back back in place! Can't wait to dance with you again.
MGSinger-songwriter
Thank you Cathy, your classes do a world of good! Everything ties together fluidly with great sensitivity, and there are surprises every time, like with contact dance. Enough to be fully in the present moment, in connection with yourself and with others. I left filled with good energy. Thank you!
RYRoller skate dancer
Thank you for the music, for your words and your encouragement. The class was incredible. There really is something of an emotional release in what you transmit to us!
SDArtistic event organiser
I gave birth six months ago, and I'm finally rediscovering sensations in my body. I feel a little more alive, and able to spend a moment just for myself. It was lovely. Thank you!
SMCorporate executive
Thank you Cathy, it did us good to be just the two of us. I felt how good and happy he was being with me. He used to be distant, and now he gives me lots of hugs. We loved it, and had a beautiful Mother's Day!
OJSinger & dancer
I love the way you talk about interpretation, really going deep. Your movements are strong and full of meaning in relation to the music — it was just the time I needed to move beyond execution and finally interpret.