Compagnie Need

The Need company was founded in 2018 in Parthenay by Fiona Le Goff with the aim of hosting a variety of choreographic projects for different audiences. Need was born out of a need to create, invent, question, transmit and, above all, bring people together beyond the aesthetics of dance. Need is a crossroads between several dance styles, contemporary dance and hip hop dance, always exploring movement and its challenges. Two themes run through the company’s projects: encounters and boundaries.

In 2025, Fiona Le Goff created the solo piece ‘Jusqu’à la nuit’ (Until Nightfall), in which she celebrates our ghosts, our flaws and our grief in a joyful celebration, combining power and fragility. The piece is co-produced by OARA in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, CCN du Havre Normandie – Le Phare – Fouad Boussouf, as part of the studio residency programme, Pick Up Production and the Hip Opsession festival in Nantes.

Alongside its creative work, the company is committed to reaching out to different audiences, dancers in training, and secondary school students, as with ‘Faire le lien un rassemblement’ (Making the connection: a gathering), a three-year partnership between Kyoto Secondary School and the Beaulieu Centre in Poitiers. While the company need is developing in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region, it is also present throughout France, promoting its choreographic work and sharing its approach to movement. Since 2023, the company has also been developing an international project with the support of the Institut français, the Nouvelle Aquitaine region and the town of Parthenay (79), in collaboration with Ethiopia and its traditional dances.