Florent Melac entered the Paris Opéra Ballet school in 2005, where he performed repertoire including Yondering (J. Neumeier), Pêchés de Jeunesse, 3 Couples (J-G. Bart), Suite de Danses, Pas de Trois (I. Clustine), Sept Danses Grecques, Soliste (M. Béjart), Piège de Lumière, Nypheas (J. Taras).
He was admitted into the Company in 2010, promoted to coryphée in 2014, Sujet in 2019 and Premier Danseur in 2023.
Florent has performed in an extensive repertoire from classical works to contemporary creations:, Le Lac des Cygnes, Roméo et Juliette, Cinderella, la Bayadère, La Belle au Bois Dormant, Casse-noisette (R. Noureev), Caligula, (N. Leriche), Coppélia, Giselle (P. Bart), La Fille Mal Gardée (F. Ashton), Un Jour ou Deux. (M. Cunningham), Paquita, (P. Lacotte), L’Histoire de Manon, (K. MacMillan), Thèmes et Variations, (G. Balanchine).
As a Soloist he interpreted the role of Prince Crown Rudolf in Mayerling (K.MacMillan), the role of Eugene Oneguine in Oneguine (J.Cranko), Rhapsody (F.Ashton), l’Oiseau de Feu (M.Béjart), le Chant du Compagnon Errant (M.Béjart), Signes (C.Carlson), le jeune homme in Le Rendez-vous (R.Petit), Don Jose in Carmen (R.Petit), the role of Espada in Don Quichotte (R.Noureev), the role of Rothbart in Swan Lake (R.Noureev), Petite Mort, Stepping Stones, Gods and Dogs (J.Kylian) Big Man in Rite of the Spring (Pina Bausch), Escamillo Carmen (Mats Ek), Frollo in Notre Dame de Paris (R.Petit), Main part in Blake Works I (William Forsythe), Polyphonia and After The Rain, (C. Wheeldon), Alea Sands and L’Anatomie de la Sensation, (W. McGregor), the classical duet Play (A.Ekman), the creations of Daphnis et Chloé and La nuit s’achève (Benjamin Millepied).
Beside his work at Paris Opera, he frequently performs in galas in France and others countries.
Florent Melac is also known as a choreographer having created the works, A Corps Essence (for 15 dancers and 2 soloists created at Toronto National’s Ballet School, Paris Opéra Ballet and Stuttgart Staatstheater), Melancholia Splenica (for 2 couples created at Paris Opera), Après un Rêve (pas de deux created for the Jean-Jacques Henner Museum in Paris) and the pas de deux Opus 27 that he performed with Agnès Letestu in Jean Vilar Theatre in Suresnes, and Theatre du Vesinet.
In July 2020 the Modigliani Quartet asked him to choreograph for himself and Agnes Letestu, the Quatuor de Ravel to be performed at the Evian Music Festival. In March 2021 Anselm Kiefer asked Florent to create a choreography to illustrate his paintings. It was performed by Hugo Marchand and Hannah O’Neill in the exhibition at the Gagosian gallery.
In March 2022 he choreographed at the request of Jean-Marc Luisada (Famous French Pianist) Six Mazurkas of Chopin for performance at the Guimet Museum in Paris at his Concert. Then, in May 2023, Florent created for the Auditorium of Orsay Museum a choreography for Hannah O’Neill and himself on the complete Piano adaptation of Daphnis et Chloé by Ravel.