DANSER – SINGER – ACTOR
A worthy tribute to Michael Jackson.
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William Saint-Val was born in Strasbourg, the concrete encounter with dance takes place in high school. He then took lessons at the Strasbourg Dance Academy and took his first steps at the Strasbourg Opera in “Tristes tropiques, Rigoletto, Tarare”.
In 1993, he formed a piano / voice duo “Black & White” with musician Jean-Pierre Quinquennel with a repertoire bringing together Duke Ellington, Cole Porter and Georges Gerschwing.
Fan of musicals, in 1995, he created his first show “New Jack Time”. Full house performances in one of the most prestigious theaters in Strasbourg. He signs the compositions, the choreographies and the staging.
FRENCH & INTERNATIONAL STAGES
It was in the musical “Joséphine Backer” that he landed his first role. The director and choreographer is Jaime Rogers, former dancer of “West Side Story” the film and choreographer of Fame and Michel Jackson. Later, he interpreted Thibald with emotion and power in the musical “Romeo and Juliet” by Gérard Presgurvic and Redha in South Korea. He also plays several charismatic characters in “Swinging Life” by Valéry Rodriguez. Finally in 2015, at the Folies Bergères, he played among others Cab Calloway and Michael Jackson in the musical show “The Black Legends” by Valéry Rodriguez.
From 1996 to 2000, he was a chorister of several big names in French song: Nicoletta, Gérard Lenorman, Carole Frédericks or even Michel Jonasz. William Saint-Val takes lessons with Richard Cross (vocal coach of Annie Lennox, Maurane, Michel Polnareff etc) and he was one of the choristers of Céline Dion and Mariah Carey. Then he is also in duet, with Clyde Wright (singer of the “Golden Gate Quartet”). Finally he established his position as a solo singer in the “Gospel for 100 voices”.
Throughout his career, he has performed for private events such as royal receptions for Queen Rania Al-Yassin, the Princess of Portugal and corporate evenings for L’Oréal, Dior etc.
CREATION
In 1998/2000 he signed an album with his own songs at EMI and in publishing at Universal. In 2009, he co-wrote with songwriters Philippe Missir and Alain Goldstein (Johnny Halliday, Françoise Hardy, Michel Delpech etc) his first album “Chaviré”. It is an album of French songs, tinged with soul music and Latin sounds with which he opens for Lara Fabian’s concerts.
He is also a composer on musical comedy projects such as Muriel Hermine’s “FREE DOM”.
Inhabited by a desire to recreate a new show, driven by his love of the scene, he launched his project to create the musical review “C’est si bon!” In 2020 ….