French multidisciplinary artist Sadeck Berrabah, revealed to the world this summer at the Paris 2024 games, is a self-taught dancer-choreographer whose style is making a name for itself in the world of luxury and pop music. An innovator who briefly scraped by on the streets, he has made a name for himself in tutting, a form of dance in which arms and hands move in geometric figures.
What do the catwalks of Christian Louboutin and Coperni, the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Grammy Awards, Chris Brown and Shakira have in common?
Answer: Sadeck Berrabah, known on social networks under the stage name SadeckWaff.
An example of resilience, this former stammerer, once homeless and then a bricklayer, has managed to transform his precocious passion for drawing and geometry and his love of dance into a new choreographic discipline that has no shortage of poetry.
Blending influences from hip-hop and contemporary dance, he has become a major figure on the world stage.
MJ, Michel Courtemanche and Dragon Ball Z
Sadeck Berrabah was born on the German border, in Forbach, Moselle, between Metz and Strasbourg.
Introverted at school and almost stuttering, the young man took refuge in drawing and geometry, with manga characters like Dragon Ball Z and a taste for perspective as his companions.
His love of dance was born of contact with Michael Jackson and his music videos, each more epic than the last, such as the pharaonic Remember The Time (1992) with Eddie Murphy and model Iman. This video, broadcast on MTV, sums up Jackson’s technical complexity, cultural mix and taste for storytelling.
The man with the moonwalk is not the only source of inspiration for this native of Eastern France: Michel Courtemanche, whose VHS he devours, fascinates him. Here he discovered another seasoned multidisciplinary artist, equally adept at mime, dance and tap-dancing.
Dance soon became his other means of expression, as he adopted the “cardboard on the floor” culture of hip-hop and break. As battles progressed, he began to make a name for himself.
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Featured Photo: © SadeckWaff
