Rafael Molina is a Paris-based dancer who has worked for contemporary dance companies in France and in the USA since 2004. He has toured in Europe, Israel, Singapore and the US. He has danced on various stages, including theaters as well as museums, fashion runways and open spaces.
Rafael trained in ballet and contemporary dance at the St Etienne Conservatory where he graduated in 2006. He interned at the TanzTheater München – Staaststheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich in 2009. He then specialized in modern dance while studying at the Martha Graham School from 2012 to 2014 under a Fulbright scholarship and performing the repertory with Graham 2.
Rafael received the 1st certificate of merit in 1998 and the Gold Medal in 1999 at the National Dance Competition of Saint-Chamond with a jury supervised by Alain Davesne from the Paris Opera.
2022
Gather. Cie Polypous / Collioure (France)
Danser le souffle. Création Anita Pehou / Bastia (France)
2021
Casse-Noisette, le rêve de Clara. Paris Festival Ballet / Paris (France)
OUTDOOR. Cie IFunamboli / Antony (France)
2019
Gather. Cie Polypous / Troyes (France) - Marnach (Luxembourg)
Cauchemar Intime. Création Rafael Molina / Issy-les-moulineaux (France)
2018
Fifty. Cie le temps d'une danse / Ouistreham (France)
Vivantes! Cie IFunamboli / Tarbes (France)
Alba. Cie le temps d'une danse / Issy-les-moulineaux (France)
New Ballet Dance Show. Cie Mouvance d’Arts / Basse-Goulaine (France)
2017
Les contes des mille et une nuit. Ballet Ethery Pagava / Issy-les-moulineaux (France)
Gestes et Ombres. Création Anita Pehou / Mandelieu-La Napoule (France)
Alba. Cie le temps d'une danse / Ouistreham (France)
Concerto pour l'Afrique. Cie Emilie Regen / Paris (France)
2016
Love and Kindness. Cie Polypous / Singapore (Singapore) - Paris (France)
Les contes des mille et une nuit. Ballet Ethery Pagava / Châtenay-Malabry (France)
Gestes et Ombres. Création Anita Pehou / Bastia (France)
Vertiginous Lines. Cie Mouvance d’Arts / Paris (France)
Vision du Paradis. Cie Mouvance d’Arts / Montrouge (France)
#Petites Histoires.moi. Cie Jean-Claude Marignale / Nanterre (France)
2015
Love and Kindness. Cie Polypous / Malaga (Spain) - Mitzpe Ramon (Israel) - Collioure (France)
2014
Acts of Light, Cortege of Eagles, Secular Games. Temptations of the Moon, Night Chant (Choreography by Martha Graham). Graham 2 / New York (USA)
The Virgin Queen (Choreography by Darshan S. Bhuller). Graham 2 / New York (USA)
Reservoir. Bardos Ballet Theater / New York (USA)
Raices. Curet Performance Project / New York (USA)
2013
Portrait Femme. Curet Performance Project / New York (USA)
Table of Silence. Buglisi Dance Theater / New York (USA)
2012
Médée. Cie Rhinocéros, / Béziers - Avignon Festival - Ivry-sur-Seine (France)
Terre Mystérieuse. Cie Polypous / Chatou (France)
2005
Passages. Cie Litécox / Saint-Etienne (France)
2004
Le Discours de Nova. Cie ART’M / Saint-Etienne (France)
2003
La Danse de Buffon. Cie ART’M / Saint-Etienne (France)
