Jean-Biche

Jean-Biche is a Paris-based multidisciplinary artist. He has held multiple positions – always in connection to the world of the night and showbusiness. He started working as a DJ in 2004 within the Brussels underground scene. He is also a visual artist (who studied in La Cambre School) who has done many posters for shows, events, ad campaigns for The New York Times, le Bon Marché, or Maison Patou. On stage, Jean-Biche is a self-taught performer and cabaret artist, whose performances have been staged by Manon Savary, Yves-Noël Genod as well as Philippe Decouflé. On screen, he has been filmed by Alexis Langlois and Brice Dellsperger. He is also a costume designer, makeup artist and wig maker for Marlène Saldana & Jonathan Drillet, César Vayssié, Simon Feltz and Gurshad Shaheman. In his own cabaret “Les Nuits Bas Nylon,” he combines all these activities and he is also the cabaret’s artistic director. 

“I propose we do cabaret the way I know how: that is, by creating short pieces focused primarily on the body and the relationship to costume. Over the course of a song (the average length of a performance), we’ll explore a variety of fields such as dance, striptease, performance art, and comedy. You don’t need to be technically skilled or have a wealth of personal experience: what matters in my cabaret is the ability to entertain while maintaining your own independence (artistic or technical). My teaching boils down to finding how to create on your own in record time and on a shoestring budget, so we can charge headlong into the night together. The pleasure is proportional to the intensity, but nothing is ever serious—except for the violence of the world we reflect between our thighs.” Jean-Biche