Pandora Beaumont

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Pandora Beaumont was born in Paris and began classical dance at the age of seven. She began her studies at the Paris Opera Ballet School, then at the École Nationale Supérieure de Danse de Marseille under the direction of Roland Petit.

Back in Paris, she studied with Dominique Khalfouni and other international teachers. She received training in various dance styles, such as modern, contemporary, jazz, character, flamenco, and baroque.

She furthered her skills at the Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg. She then undertook university studies and drama training with Jack Garfein.

Pandora subsequently performed as a soloist with dance companies in Paris, London, and Dublin, and developed her passion for choreography, particularly drawing inspiration from the neoclassical style. In 2014, she studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in Saint Petersburg and presented her first choreography, “Clara Militch” (based on S. Prokofiev’s 7th Symphony) at the Night of Museums in 2015, followed by the ballet “Paris-Suite Symphonique” (J. Ibert) for six dancers at the Music Hall Theatre. She also participated in the feature films “Chocolat” and “Polina” that year.

In 2017, she choreographed a Baroque-inspired piece, “Passacaglia,” for early music concerts in Saint Petersburg. At the end of the year, she founded her company, “Musagète.” Pandora traveled to Germany in 2018 and created the project “Musique Bewegt,” for which she choreographed two pieces: “Arabesque” and “Alacritas.” The project was presented in the cities of Weimar and Kassel. That year, she also danced her own choreographies to Soler’s “Fandango” and Pandolfi Mealli’s “Il Catalano.”

In 2020, she participated with the Weimar Baroque Ensemble in the “Dialogue des Arts” concert at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, on the theme of Antiquity (choreographies to the music of Rameau, Ortiz, and Schmelzer).

In 2021, she performed again at the Bach Biennale festival in the cantata “Meine Freundin, du bist schön.” She is working as a gesture assistant on the opera/masque “The Triumph of Peace” – with the CRR de Paris and the PSPBB – presented at the Chapelle Royale de Versailles and at the “Embaroquement Immédiat” festival in Valenciennes in 2023. The following year, she participated in the concert “De l’Ombre vers la Joie,” featuring works by Schubert and Dvorak, at the Moulin d’Andé in 2024, then at the Lausitzer Musiksommer with the Cello Suites by J.S. Bach. She is currently preparing the project “Aubade,” based on the music of Francis Poulenc, to be presented at La Seine Musicale in June 2026.

Pandora has been teaching Kniaseff Method floor barre and classical dance for around ten years.