Sebastien Stella
| Sebastien Stella | |
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| Born |
October 12, 1971 Bourg-en-Bresse, France |
| Nationality | France |
| Other names | Seb |
| Occupation | Choreographer, performer and actor |
| Known for | Aerial performance routines for singer Pink, Circus choreography for the 2010 American romantic drama film Water for Elephants |
| Website | stellartinc |
Sebastien Stella (also known as Seb) (born October 12, 1971) is a French choreographer and director. He is best known for creating aerial performance routines for singer Pink and devising the circus choreography for the 2010 American romantic drama film Water for Elephants.
In 2011, Stella was ranked number three out of 50 most prominent French people in the United States by America’s largest French-language magazine France-Amerique.
Stella was born on October 12, 1972 in Bourg en Bresse, France. He attended circus school and learned acrobatic movements. He graduated from the Club Med National Circus School in 1993. In 1997, Stella studied acting technique and improvisation at Studio Pygmalion in Paris. In 2008, he graduated from the Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Los Angeles. In 2011, he studied improvisation with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles. From 1998-2000, he trained and performed with the Yamakasi, French founders of parkour, the "free-running" urban art. In 2010 he earned a black belt in traditional taekwondo (ITF). He has also learned Krav Maga, KAPAP, and muay Thai.
In 1992, he served in the Brigade of Firefighters of Paris (BSPP), a French Army unit.
Stella achieved his initial success in 1998 as an original cast member of the international hit musical Notre-Dame de Paris. and a house troupe performer from 2002-2004 in the Cirque du Soleil production of "O" at the Bellagio resort and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In 2008, Stella choreographed aerial stunts for Cher at the Colosseum, presented at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, and appeared as Cher's circus partner in a video he created for the production featuring her as "Laverne." In the same year he created an aerial cradle and trained actress Stacey Dash for her performance on NBC's Celebrity Circus, and created most of the aerial acts for the show's first season as choreographer, coach and performance partner. He also devised, coordinated and participated in aerial stunts for Pink's successful 2009 Funhouse Tour. His inventions for Pink included a special cradle act she performed on the MTV Video Music Awards show in 2009. It featured her dangling from a trapeze, singing the song Sober upside down, with Stella as her trapeze partner.
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