A recognised figure of whacking in France and internationally, Mounia Nassangar is a choreographer, dancer, model, DJ and event producer. Dancing since the age of 10, she moved through popping, locking, new style, house dance, dancehall and street jazz before specialising in whacking.

Brought to wider public attention in 2018 with Jean-Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show at the Folies Bergère and Gaspar Noé’s film Climax, awarded at the Quinzaine des réalisateurs in Cannes, she created Oui, et vous? that same year with the collective Ma Dame Paris. She also joined Johanna Faye and Saïdo Lehlouh’s Cie Black Sheep.

Her practice crosses industries: choreographer for Aya Nakamura and Asake, movement director for Kelela, dancer in Travis Scott’s Modern Jam video. As a producer, she organises the festival Waack in Paris at the Gaîté Lyrique, Carreau du Temple, during Nuit Blanche and at Defected Croatia. Assistant choreographer for Lancôme, she has collaborated with Tommy Jeans and Jaeger-LeCoultre, and lent her face as a model to Evian x Balmain, MAC Cosmetics, Jean Paul Gaultier and Erborian.

In 2023, she founded her own company, Cie Nassangar. There, she created STUCK in 2024, winner of the first prize at Danse élargie, since performed more than fifty times in France and internationally. Now an associate artist with Collectif FAIR-E, she is working on her second creation, Glitch.