Born in Bécancour (Québec), Eric Beauchesne first encountered dance at the age of 16 when he made his performing arts debut in a student musical comedy show. After graduating from l'Ecole Supérieure de Danse du Québec, he participated in many productions with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Le Jeune Ballet du Québec and The Banff Festival Ballet. In 1994, upon receiving the "du Maurier prize for promising young talent", he left for Europe to join Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe and later the Stadttheater Moenchengladbach in Germany. From 1997 to 2004, he danced with Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal - [bjm_danse]. In 2002, at the Défi de l’Excellence Mondor, he won the “Prix du Jury” and the “Prix du Public” for interpreting a duet by Edgar Zendejas. In 2004, he became an independant artist and has had the privilege of performing with La Fondation Jean-Pierre Perrault, Paul-André Fortier, Sylvain Emard Danse, Lina Cruz, EzDanza, Dadadanse, Proartedanza, Louise Lecavalier, Kidd Pivot, and Aszure & Artists. Eric has collaborated with Aszure for the past 9 years and is very proud to be part of Aszure & Artists.