Charline Formenty is an artist based in San Francisco, California. Originally from Paris, France, she caught the theater bug very early in life: began performing at the age of 3 and has not stopped since. Her stories are cut-and-paste montages assembled from art history and literature, observations of daily life and politics, and the vivid imagery and mythos of her dreams. She founded her first theater/dance company, Les Petites Portes, in 2000. After graduating from university Paris III and IESA Paris in 2008 she worked for DCA – Philippe Decouflé and Le Cirque du Soleil. In 2009 she moved to San Francisco and started freelancing as a designer/photographer for companies like Theatre of Yugen, Cirque Noir, Here and Now Dance Company, etc. She founded her own company, Carte Blanche, and created Ophelia at Fort Mason Center, le Garage and NOHspace (2013) and Femme Fatale at NOHspace, Ashby Stage and San Francisco International Arts Festival 2015. She worked for 6 years at SFJAZZ as a house manager and currently teaches dance-theater at the Lycée Français de San Francisco and is the Marketing Coordinator and Graphic Designer for Zaccho Dance Theatre.
