François Chaignaud is a choreographer and has graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse (CNSM) in Paris (2002). Since then he has collaborated as a dancer with various choreographers such as Boris Chamatz, Emmanuelle Huynh, Gilles Jobin, Tiago Guedes, Alain Buffard a.o.

Since 2004 he has shown several performances and concerts on different stages in France and Europe: "Pompè - procession urbaine" (2004), "He's one that goes to sea for nothing but to make him sick" (2005), "La Culture des Individu.e.s" (2006), "Aussi bien que ton coeur, ouvre-moi les genoux" (2008), "The Clodd and the pebble" (2008).

Since 2005 he has collaborated with Cecilia Bengolea. They created together "Pâquerette" (2008, at Antipodes) and "Sylphides" (2009, at Antipodes) currently touring and performing at many festivals and venues. They are working now on several new projects: "Castor & Pollux", an aerial dance piece, and "Free dance" (from the 1920's choreographic repertory).

In addition, he has an historian activity at the university and has recently published a book about early French feminism "L'Affaire Berger-Levrault - les féminismes à l'épreuve" (PUR, Rennes, 2009). They have been awarded critic‘s prize in Paris 2009 as the choreographic revelation for "Pâquerette" and "Sylphides".