The company is created in 1996 by LIN Yuan Shang, choreographer and dancer.

Born in Taipei - Taiwan, LIN Yuan Shang entered the Peking Opera school at age eleven and specialised in warrior roles and acrobatics.
However, he suffered from the rigid aesthetic he had to respect, and, after a few years within Peking Opera companies, he decided to study other theatrical languages.

He arrived in France for the «Festival du Cirque de Demain» - and was noticed by Ariane Mnouchkine. He worked with her from 1986 to 1988.
In 1994, he settled in France and worked with Maguy Marin before starting personal work. His first solo, On which voyage are you taking me tonight ?, created in November 1996, was warmly welcomed and opened the gate for an international diffusion.

From 2004 to 2007, the company Eolipile – LIN Yuan Shang is in « residence » at the Theater L’Agora – scène nationale d’Evry et de l’Essonne. Since 2007, Lin Yuan Shang has been artist associated to Le Bateau Feu, Scène nationale Dunkerque.
In addition of dance performances productions, he offers Initiation to contemporary dance, workshops and meetings about his shows to develop the link between the publics and the artistic team, and to « talk » in words and movements on his work.