Line Haddad
She is a well known international choreographer and a former performer for the Ice theatre of Ny company and Ice Dance International…
Lena (Line) Haddad is a figure skater who has represented France at the World Championships and Olympic Games in pairs skating. She was born on October 27, 1985 in Grenoble, France.
Haddad began skating at the age of five and began competing in pairs skating at the age of 13. She first skated with former partner Maximilian Boquete and then teamed up with Sylvain Prat in 2003. Together they won the French national championship in 2004 and represented France at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, where they placed 12th.
In 2006, Haddad teamed up with Jean-Denis Sanchis and they became four-time French champions. They competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, where they placed 10th.
In addition to national titles, Haddad and Sanchis won a silver medal at the 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy and a bronze medal at the 2009 Skate Canada International. They retired from figure skating in 2011.
After retiring from competition, Haddad has worked as a skating coach and choreographer, including working with the French ice dance team of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron. She has also been involved in promoting skating and raising awareness of the sport in France.
Line Haddad is a World and Olympic pair skater. She is a well known international choreographer and a former performer for the Ice theatre of Ny company and Ice Dance International. As a consultant for the Cirque du Soleil "Crystal show" and the French ice skating federation, she offers choreography workshops and pair skating expertise. She choreographed and worked with various world and Olympic skaters, such as James/Cipres, Cleo Hamon/Denys Streaking or Coline Keriven/Noël-Antoine Pierre.
Former student of Oleg Vassiliev, she was French National Champion and Israeli National Champion. She is also a trained dancer graduated from the Paris Conservatoire in ballet but also performed in modern dance and Argentine Tango (NY City Center, Google, NY Live Arts, and The Madison Theatre). Line was featured among others in NyTimes, Fox news, NBC.
Her most recent choreographies includes "Sin Piel" a tango duet about abusive relationships, a contemporary piece "11h11" featured at the ITNY home season or "Milongon" performed with live music at Rockefeller with composer and bandonéon player JP Jofre. Academically, she received her Master of Arts in translation and linguistics in Paris, majoring in French, English, and Spanish.