Daily Inspiration: Meet Alizée Falque

Today we’d like to introduce you to Alizée Falque.

Hi Alizée, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
I am from an island called Reunion Island. It’s a French Island off the coast of Madagascar. I was always around the arts with music and dance. At 17 years old, I went to Minnesota as an exchange student. That’s where I started Performing in Musical Theater and Plays. I felt like this was where I was supposed to be. I returned to Paris and got into the Acting in English and Musical Theater program at Cours Florent. After graduating there, I auditioned for AMDA and started in the fall semester of 2019 in NY. Then Covid hit and the school closed. I went to Iowa at a friend’s house for the originally three weeks closure. Obviously, it went on way longer and this extraordinary family took me in for four extra months. This kind of support and kindness is what keeps my faith in humanity alive. I’m really grateful for them. I then moved to Los Angeles in July 2020 because the LA campus was supposed to reopen. It didn’t obviously. But I have been here ever since. I finished my degree online and have been working as an actor (mainly) for the past six months.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Any kind of journey has its challenges. Mine is no exception. Aside from choosing a career that requires me to be looking for a job as being part of my job for the rest of my life, I’m doing it in a different country than my own. I have so much love for acting, directing, writing and even producing and there’s important work to be done, important stories to be told. However, 90 percent of the job isn’t about the creativity. Finding a balance between financial stability, creating and handling auditions, social media and training is a real challenge. To me, it’s still worth it but there’s definitely moments where insanity takes over.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I’m mainly an actor and my love belongs to Musical Theater and the stage in particular. Recently I’ve been getting the opportunity to act for the camera and that’s been a great experience. I also write and direct and I’m getting into producing. I am committed to this work – Not just because it’s an incredible moment – But because there are invisibilized stories that need to be told. The arts can bring the world together and bring stories and different kinds of humans and cultures to people who otherwise may never have heard of them. The exchange is real and important to reduce fear of the unknown. It’s the first step towards social changes. Acting is also important on an individual level. Society forces us to live by a set of rules that doesn’t allow us to feel our emotions fully. It’s not accepted unless you’re watching art. Somewhat that’s the only moment men are allowed to cry or someone can be angry at a character and shout at the TV. We need to exteriorize and sometimes we need inspiration. Maybe help someone through grief or help a teenager relate to someone and feel less alone. To me, this work is the reason I keep going. This is what I’m working towards for the future.

What were you like growing up?
Growing up, I was already well into the arts. I was part of a conservatory of music where I learned clarinet, I danced and sang and took a few theater classes when I was young. But I never felt like this could be my job. People around you rarely let you think that you can. So it was just a hobby. I loved traveling with my family and it opened me up a lot to different cultures. The island I grew up in is already very multicultural which was amazing. I was also very active and wanted to do everything. And it’s still the case. That’s also why acting is so great. I could see myself do everything and it would actually depress me to know that I had only one life and couldn’t live out all the different lives I had in mind and acting was a solution for that. I really didn’t want to grow up. I was really scared that I would wake up one day and know everything was over. And at the same time, I was very aware and frustrated that I didn’t have the level of maturity I would have later on in life. I was always closer to adults rather than kids my own age. I loved learning and long and deep conversations and helping people. I hope I can keep that with me as I keep growing and being faced with the reality of life. I hope to keep that light and hope which acting does.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @alizeefalque_official

Image Credits:
Troy Blendell