Raphaël Coumes-Marquet is a dancer and ballet master. He was born in Besançon (France) and received his training at the Ballet School of the Paris Opera. He was a soloist of the Monte-Carlo Ballet, danced for Het Nationale Ballet Amsterdam and the Vienna State Ballet. He has worked with numerous top-class choreographers such as W. Forsythe, M. Ek, J. Kylián, D. Dawson, J.C. Maillot, N. Duato, H. van Manen,
M. Béjart, C. Carlson, R. van Dantzig, W. Eagling, K. Pastor, T. Brandsen, U. Scholz, Ch. Wheeldon, R. Zanella, J. Inger, S. Celis, J. Bubeníček, H. Picket and
A. Ratmansky. Since 2019, Raphaël Coumes-Marquet has been part of the
permanent team of choreographer David Dawson and has been studying his
creations all over the world.