After studying visual arts and performing with several different dance companies, Mickaël Phelippeau joined the ex.e.r.ce programme at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier. He has collaborated with artists including Mathilde Monnier, Alain Buffard, Laure Bonicel and John Scott and created his own choreographic projects since 1999. In 2003 he began his long term series of bi-portrait pieces which includes ›bi-portrait Jean-Yves‹ und ›bi-portrait Yves C‹ (2008).  Phelippeau’s work was shown for the first time at PACT Zollverein in April 2013 when he presented his production ›Chorus‹ during the TRANSFABRIK Festival.