Artistic Director and Chief Choreographer of Queensland Ballet since 1998. François has worked internationally as a dancer, teacher, coach and choreographer.
What’s your favourite:
Word: hibiscus.
Drink: wine from Burgundy, otherwise freshly pressed grape juice.
Fruit: fresh raspberries with sugar and cream.
Place for a holiday: the Whitsundays or New York.
Website: Queensland Ballet
Thing to eat for breakfast: freshly baked croissants with butter and homemade jam.
Way to spend Sunday afternoon: fishing.
View in Brisbane: looking left from the top of the Gateway Bridge is quite a spectacular view, but you have to take your life in your hands to see it!
What’s your middle name – does it have special significance? Jacques.
Do you still have anything from your childhood? The memory of fishing at night in Lucerne against the silhouette of an extraordinary old fortress.
If you could live anywhere, where would it be? Brisbane, Paris or the Swiss Alps.
What can’t you live without? Dance.
