[1] He trained at Nantes Conservatory, before leaving home to study at the Paris Opera Ballet School for four years.
[3] The same year he was spotted by Benjamin Millepied, who had just become the director of dance, and Marchand began understudying for lead roles, which led to his debuts in The Nutcracker, La Bayadère and Balanchine's Theme and Variations.
[2] In March 2017, Marchand was promoted to étoile following his unexpected debut as James in Lacotte's La Sylphide when the company was touring in Japan.
[4] His repertory includes classical ballets,[1] as well as works by Millepied, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, John Cranko, Rudolf Nureyev and William Forsythe.
[7] Later that year, he worked with colleague Hannah O'Neill on a pas de deux for Gagosian Premieres.