Kamel Ouali (born 15 December 1971) is a French-

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n choreographer.

Biography

Kamel Ouali was born in

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. He is from an

n Kabyle family of twelve children. In 1989, he was spotted by Angela Lorente of

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and by Cédric Naimi. He appeared in 1989 in JOKER Promotion and in "French Kiss" (Happy Music/Sony) and in 1990 joined the Latino Party group accompanying

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in her shows at Palais des Sports in Paris in January and February 1991. Kamel Ouali also appeared on very high-profile music videos, notably in

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's "Chebba" (1993) and in Takfarinas hit "Zaama Zaama". He is a dance teacher at the Dance Academy of

and at the Conservatories of La Courneuve and Saint Denis. He took part in some French musicals like '' Les Dix Commandements'' (French 2000 production of The

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) as choreographer of the show and in ''Autant en Emporte le Vent'' (French Gerard Presgurvic 2003 adaptation of

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's novel ''

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'') with staging and choreography by Ouali. In September 2005 he created his own debut musical, produced by

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and Albert Cohen, '' Le Roi Soleil'' (The Sun King). The same year, he was the choreographer of ''Dances with Robots'' for the French

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Futuroscope. The show opened on 5 April 2006. In 2009 he worked on the musical ''Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte'' (

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, Last Queen of Egypt). with lead role by

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. The same year, he choreographed ''Pastorale'' that played at

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, an opera featuring the vocals of ''

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'' and ''

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''. His own second musical comedy was the dance-oriented '' Dracula – L'amour plus fort que la mort'' that ran from 30 September 2011 to January 1, 2012 at Palais des Sports de Paris with a free adaptation of a book by

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. It was considered a first as it portrayed the two lead characters Dracula and Mina in non-singing and uniquely dancing roles. In 2019, he is the choreographer of Paradis Latin's new

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, ''"L'Oiseau Paradis"'' with Iris Mittenaere, Miss Universe 2016 as the revue's

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In popular culture

* In 2001 he started to work as a dance teacher on the French TV show ''

'', which gained him great popularity among teenagers and young adults. He continued with the show until 2008. * In 2004, he choreographed two

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, the French song " À chaque pas" that was performed by Jonatan Cerrada and the

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song " Believe Me" performed by Yulia Savicheva. * In July 2009, he was the artistic director, choreographer and production of the opening ceremonies of the 2nd Pan African Festival that was held in the

n capital

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. * From 2015 to 2017, he served as a judge on '' La France a un incroyable talent'', the French version of the

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franchise.

References

External links

Official website
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