Xavier Pellin

Choreographer

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Photography: Andrew Raszevski

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XAVIER IS AN AUSTRALIAN CHOREOGRAPHER BASED IN LONDON.

HE IS A TRAINED BALLET DANCER AND A GRADUATE OF THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET SCHOOL IN MELBOURNE. IN HIS TIME AS A BALLET DANCER HE PERFORMED WITH THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET AND LOUISVILLE BALLET IN THE USA WHERE HE PERFORMED IN PRINCIPAL AND SOLOIST ROLES AND FIRST TOOK ON THE ROLE OF CHOREOGRAPHER IN HIS WORK ENTITLED PROXY (2019). HE THEN MOVED ONTO THE CONTEMPORARY DANCE INDUSTRY WHERE HE PERFORMED WITH SCIMM DANCE COMPANY.

FOLLOWING HIS BALLET CAREER HE MOVED INTO MUSICAL THEATRE WHERE HE PERFORMED AS MR MISTOFFELEES IN CATS ACROSS SEVERAL ASIA TOURS UNDER GWB ENTERTAINMENT (2020-23).

INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN CATS TOURS HE BEGAN WORKING WITH PERFORMING ARTISTS COMPANY (PAC), AN AUSTRALIAN BASED COMPANY DESIGNED TO OFFER THE NEXT GENERATION OF PERFORMERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REHEARSE AND PERFORM LIKE PROFESSIONALS UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF LEADING INDUSTRY CREATIVES AND PERFORMERS. HE FIRST JOINED AS ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER ON NEWSIES JR. (2022) AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR AS CHOREOGRAPHER OF A CHORUS LINE: TEEN EDITION (2023).

NOW RESIDING IN LONDON XAVIER HAS BEEN OPERATING WEEKLY SELL OUT ADV/PRO THEATRE JAZZ CLASSES AT PINEAPPLE DANCE STUDIOS AND THE MANOR LDN WHERE HE EXPLORES MOVEMENT QUALITIES AND NEW CONCEPTS. HE HAS ALSO BEEN TEACHING AND CHOREOGRAPHING AT VARIOUS ARTS COLLEGES IN AND AROUND LONDON.

IN 2024 XAVIER DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED HIS OWN SHORT DANCE FILM IN COLLABORATION WITH NEW PAGE PRODUCTIONS AND RECLAIM PRODUCTIONS ENTITLED SOMEONE IN THE CROWD SET TO THE SONG ‘SOMEONE IN THE CROWD’ FROM THE FILM LA LA LAND. THE FILM FOLLOWS FOUR LEADS AND THEIR JOURNEYS THROUGH AN AUDITION PROCESS. THE FILM IS DESIGNED TO BE A COMMENTARY ON THE TRUE HIGHS AND LOWS WE EXPERIENCE IN THIS INDUSTRY. IT ISN’T SENSATIONALISED AND SITS AT THE PRECIPICE OF ENTERTAINING AND EYE OPENING FOR THE AUDIENCE. FOR THOSE IN THE INDUSTRY, XAVIER WANTED THEM TO FEEL SEEN.

MOST RECENTLY, XAVIER HAS FINISHED PERFORMING IN PETER PAN WITH CROSSROADS PANTOMIMES IN NOTTINGHAM AS DANCE CAPTAIN AND ENSEMBLE.

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Photography: Andy Fraser

XAVIER TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN TRAINING AND HIS TECHNICAL BACKGROUND RESONATES THROUGH HIS WORK. HE TAKES PRIDE CELEBRATING OUR INDUSTRY’S INCREDIBLE DANCERS BY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF PRECISION, AGILITY AND STYLE.
XAVIER’S CHOREOGRAPHIC STYLE HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF STORYTELLING. HE DESCRIBES DANCE AS ‘MOVEMENT DIALOGUE’. EVERY MOVEMENT SAYS SOMETHING, EVERY CONCEPT HAS MEANING AND EVERY ACTION HAS SUBTEXT.
XAVIER IS A MASSIVE ADVOCATE FOR QUEER RIGHTS AND CELEBRATING THE MISFITS OF THE WORLD. HE LOVES EVERYTHING WEIRD AND WONDERFUL, ALL THE UNIQUE QUALITIES THAT ALLOW HIS WORK TO BE UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE. “I LOVE SEEING SOMEBODY PERFORM MY WORK NOTHING LIKE I ENVISIONED YET SOMEHOW BETTER THAN I COULD’VE EVER POSSIBLY IMAGINED
FINALLY, XAVIER LOVES EXPERIMENTING AND FINDING NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS OF EXPLORING MOVEMENT. HE’S PASSIONATE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE DANCE AND MUSICAL THEATRE INDUSTRY AND ENDEAVOURS TO BE A PART SHAPING THAT VISION

WHAT’S NEXT

Photography: Andy Fraser

IN 2025 XAVIER HAS A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE. MORE MUSIC VIDEOS AND SHORT FILMS TO ADD TO HIS BODY OF WORK AND HE WILL CONTINUE CREATING IN HIS WEEKLY CLASSES.

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