Offstage is an ongoing documentary project exploring the private lives of female erotic dancers through digital and film photography paired with intimate audio interviews recorded onto cassette tapes. Created inside the dancers’ own homes, the work intentionally moves away from the glitter, costumes, makeup and constructed personas of the stage. Beyond the lights and expectations of venues such as Crazy Horse Paris and Pink Paradise, the dancers are invited to simply exist as themselves.

The project’s central motivation is to humanize and normalize the everyday realities of women whose bodies are routinely consumed through a male gaze. By meeting them in their own environments, the context and power is shifted: the same bodies that perform nightly under scrutiny and fantasy are shown in unguarded, ordinary moments free from judgment or expectation. 

This installation includes two audio compilations recorded onto cassette tapes and played via cassette players with headphones: “BODIES” and “PERFORM”. Through recorded conversations and portraiture, recurring themes emerge: lifelong pressures to maintain strict weights, the prevalence of eating disorders, the realities of performing for a male gaze, and the ongoing work each dancer has done to reclaim her body. The interviews unfold in casual dialogue as we shoot, creating a collaborative intimacy as I genuinely get to know these women. I ask about when they began dancing, how their relationships with their bodies have evolved, and I offer my own experiences with body image issues to create a shared space of trust.

What results are portraits that witness instead of glamorize: they invite viewers to meet these women not as performers or fantasy archetypes, but as individuals navigating complex histories. Offstage aims to expand how we understand these women’s lives–beyond the stage and toward a fuller, more compassionate recognition.

Recent Exhibitions:
"Anti-disciplinary Degree Show," Bastille Design Center, Paris 2026 
"EN CORPS," Galerie Planet Rouge, Paris 2026

FineArt Baryta Satin Inkjet Prints
59.4L x 42W cm, 14.8L x 21W cm

Cassette Tapes
(Audio Recording on Cassette + Archival Matte Prints and Case)
10.5L x 6.5W cm


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