When the gymnastics superstar Simone Biles tumbles and dances her way through her third Olympics this month, the choreography she performs in her floor routine will be seen on hundreds of millions of screens around the world. The Biles effect has brought with it something unexpected for Milan at 51: success. When he turned to gymnastics choreography full-time, in 2017, he was in debt, having started a dance company that never took off, and still reeling from the psychological scars left by a tumultuous career in ballet. “I was furious with what I’d experienced in the dance world,” he said. “I loved the art form so much, but the behavior of the people I’d encountered in it disgusted me.”

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Persons: Simone Biles tumbles, Grégory Milan, ”, “ Organizations: National Institute of Sport, French national, Milan Locations: Vincennes, Paris, Milan