Andrea Bou Othmane

Andrea Bou Othmane is a self-taught Italian-Tunisian movement artist. Born in Monza, Italy, his dance journey started in 2009 with electro dance, a natural extension of his friend group at the time. Bou Othmane progressed rapidly, eventually becoming the 1:1 Italian champion in this dance style. From there, he started to explore and become well-versed in other dance techniques. Bou Othmane has appeared in a vast array of international creative projects and performances. In 2019, he spent one month touring Africa with the show Mirrors, produced by GRIOT magazine.

Since 2022, Bou Othmane has been working for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Eastman, where he premiered the duet Antidote for the 90th anniversary gala of Jacob’s Pillow. That same year, he appeared in the revival of the musical Starmania by Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon, directed by Thomas Jolly, and as the lead dancer in Cherkaoui’s Sutra, produced by Sadler’s Wells. In 2023, Bou Othmane worked with Cherkaoui on the opera production of Hanjo at Bayerische Staatsoper, the Dom Perignon campaign for Lady Gaga directed by Woodkid, and the LOUBI SHOW IV for Christian Louboutin at Paris Fashion Week 2023, and he performed a dance solo during the televised award ceremony of the Ultimas in honor of Cherkaoui. One year later, he joined Cherkaoui for two projects at the Grand Théâtre de Genève—in the opera division as part of Cherkaoui’s direction of Mozart’s Idomeneo and in the ballet department for the creation of Ihsane.

Most recently, Bou Othmane was featured as lead dancer in the music video for “Try Me” by Jorja Smith, which won the 2023 UK Music Video Award for Best R&B/Soul Video. He performs with the Swedish singer songwriter Loreen, choreographed by Mecnun Giasar; and in large-scale television events like Los 40 Music Awards 2023 (Madrid), NRJ Music Awards 2023 (Cannes), and the National Lottery’s New Year’s Eve Big Bash 2024 (Wembley Arena, London).