Beyonce’s dancers Les Twins describe their ’emotional’ children’s workshop

Art with a message. Larry And Laurent Bourgeois — better known as Les Twins — is currently touring the world with Beyoncébut they also find time to give back with what they love most: dance.

The French dancers, 34, teamed up with last year Children write network, a youth program that helps children and young adults build self-confidence and improve their mental health through art, music and dance. The duo has delivered workshops in schools across Canada as part of their RISE for Mental Health Tour, which will debut in the United States in October at Pace Academy in Atlanta, Georgia.

According to Laurent, founder of KWN Helen Georgiaklis ‘kidnapped’ him and his brother to work with her organization after seeing them perform. “She literally fell in love with the way we worked with strangers,” the choreographer said exclusively Us weekly. “She loved the way I raised people because it was more than just dancing.”

Fans of Beyoncé, 41, will recognize Les Twins from her 2011 videos and tours, but the pair have been dancing for much longer. As they say, they never learned to dance – they were just born with it.

“It’s very emotional,” Laurent explained. “It’s like babies [when] they don’t know how to talk. Their bodies speak, when they are angry, when they are happy, when they are super happy, when they are hungry… their bodies are speaking and dancing 24/7.”

The brothers want their dance workshops to help children learn how to express themselves through art, even if they aren’t as drawn to dance as Les Twins. In many cases, they have seen students come out of their shells after a lesson.

“They’re releasing something,” Laurent said Us. “They just literally understand who they are. They understand what is wrong with themselves right now and they say, ‘It’s time to make a change.’”

Georgaklis, for her part, noted that the Bourgeois twins have a knack for picking out children in the crowd who most need one-on-one attention from a caring adult.

“They pick them from the audience because they don’t know anything about their background,” she said Us. “[We’ve] had teachers sending us messages that just said, “We can’t thank you enough because last week this kid was on the verge of committing suicide, and today he actually wants to live because he found this newfound freedom in his own body.” ‘ You’re dealing with people who feel trapped in their own bodies… and then suddenly they go through this process and realize they don’t have to be trapped anymore.”

After Les Twins complete their stint with the Renaissance tour in September they don’t have much of a break before hitting the road again with KWN and taking their unique dance methods to schools across North America. When asked why they love working with children, Laurent has a simple answer.

“Because they are my future,” he explained. “Children, they either love you or they don’t. You have to deal with this love, and it’s raw, and that’s really what I’m here for. It is beautiful.”