Faustine Lavie was born in Toulon, France, where she started ballet at 3 years old. She then studied in different renowned dance schools such as Paris Opera Ballet School and ESDC Rosella Hightower, before moving to NYC in 2015 to attend The Ailey School, where she graduated from the Certificate Program in May 2018. Faustine had the opportunity to perform works by many choreographers, such as Darrell Grand Moultrie, Manuel Vignoulle, Winston Dynamite Brown, Amy Hall Garner, Fredrick Earl Mosley, Clifton Brown and Shay Bland. She is currently a company member with iKADA Contemporary Dance Company, LaneCoArts, sarAika, The DynamitExperience, Keiko Fujii Dance Company and Six Degrees Dance. She founded Faustine Lavie Dance Project in 2020. The company has already performed in Philadelphia and NYC, including KnJ Theater at Peridance Center, TADA! Theater, Steps on Broadway, New York City Center Studios and Bridge For Dance.

Faustine Lavie Dance Project is a New York City based dance ensemble founded in 2020 which brings freelance dance artists from different backgrounds together. The company aims to create works fusing contemporary dance and improvisation, in order to bring out the individuality of each dancer and highlight their unique quality of movements, as well as transmit strong messages about human nature and provoke questioning and emotions.

Website: https://www.faustinelavie.com/
Instagram: @faustinelavie, @faustinelaviedanceproject