Jean-Sébastien Colau began his classical training at the Paris Opera Ballet School (1991-1996) under the direction of Claude Bessy. His teachers included: Bernard Boucher, Lucien Duthoit, Gilbert Mayer, Serge Golovine, Atilio Labis, Max Bozzoni, Ghislaine Thesmar, Cyril Atanassoff, Noëlla Pontois, and Pierre Lacotte. In 1996, Jean graduated to the Paris Opera Ballet Company with the following achievements: Certificate Anatomy, Certificate Ballet History, Certificate Music Theory, and a French ballet Teaching diploma "DE". He has performed with many world renowned companies including: Paris Opera Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, Soloist, Leipzig Ballet, Etoile, Nice Opera, Etoile, and a Guest Principal for multiple companies since 2011. He has toured to the USA, Japan, Switzerland, Libano, China, Austria, Germany, Canada, Guatemala, Lettonia, Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Singapore, England, Russia, Finland, Panama, Poland, Ukraine.