Candice Parise

Candice Parise is a French actress and singer.

Biography

Candice Parise studied acting in an American school in Paris, singing at CIM Jazz school and dancing at School Rick Odums.
In 2006, she represented Paris/Île-de-France/Centre at the French Eurovision Song Contest and finished in the last five candidates.
She created her own jazz band called the Parise' Jazz Quintet and also became the lead singer of the Rive Droite Rive Gauche jazz band with which she edited two albums and won several awards at the Megève Jazz Festival.
In 2009, Candice joined the London School of Musical Theatre. Since her graduation, she has played in several musicals in Europe and Asia in French and English: Hair, Notre-Dame de Paris, Les Misérables, ''Songs for a New World''

Musicals

2003 : West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, dir Ron Schaeffer – French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, Hancock, New York
2003 : On passe dans trois jours by Sacha Guitry, dir J.Léonhardt – Rocquencourt : Fanny Talmont
2004 : Promesses, Creation Ondines/Teixeira – Versailles
2004 : 8 Women from François Ozon's movie by E. Favre – Versailles : Augustine
2004 : This fate's whore by J.Amara Ross – Paris
2010 : Mr Christmas by Charles Miller and Kevin Hammonds – UK Premiere
2010 : City of Angels by Cy Coleman and David Zippel, dir Graham Hubbard – London : Priscilla
2010 : Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, dir Adrian Sarple – London : Fantine
2010–2011 : Hair by Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado, dir Sylvain Meyniac – Paris, tour : Crissy
2011–2012 : Notre-Dame de Paris by Richard Cocciante and Luc Plamondon, dir Gilles Maheu – China, Korea : Esmeralda
2012–2013 : Roméo et Juliette by and dir Gérard Presgurvic – Japan, China : Juliette
2013–2014 : Songs for a New World by Jason Robert Brown, dir Frédérique Lelaure – Paris : Woman 1
2014–2015 : Piano-Plage, dir Nathalie Stas – Paris, Belgium : Mi
2014–2015 : The [Wizard of Oz (2011 musical)|The Wizard of Oz], by Andrew Lloyd Webber, dir Jeremy Sams – Palais des Congrès de Paris, tour : Dorothy
2015–2016 : Holiday [on Ice (BELIEVE)], – Zénith Paris, tour : Clarissa Official Lead Singer
2016–2017 : The Voice 6 France', Team: Florent Pagny

Discography

Albums

2011 : La Belle vie by Rive Droite Rive Gauche Swing Band
2013 : Swingin from Paris to Chicago by ''Rive Droite Rive Gauche Swing Band''

Awards

Megève Jazz Contest 2009 : People's choice with the band Rive Droite Rive Gauche
Megève Jazz Contest 2011 : People's choice with the band Rive Droite Rive Gauche
Megève Jazz Contest 2013 : People's choice with the band ''Rive Droite Rive Gauche''