Xavier Le Roy holds a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Montpellier, France, and has been working as an artist since 1991. Since 2018, he has been a professor at the Institute for Applied Theater Studies in Giessen, Germany. 

He has been artist-in-residence at Berlin's Podewil (1996-2003), associate artist at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier (2007-2008), artist-in-residence at the MIT Program in Art Culture and Technology (Cambridge, MA) (2010), and at the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale, Paris (2012-2015). With solo works such as Self Unfinished (1998), Product of Circumstances (1999) and Le sacre du printemps (2007), he has opened up new perspectives in choreography. 

His works are experimental, motivated by the need for transformation, questions about the notion of movement and what it produces. They are guided by the desire to alter our understanding of dichotomies such as: Human/Non-Human, Subject/Object, Passive/Active, Norma/Anormal, ...., and to multiply our perspectives.

His latest works, such as: We Are Not Monsters (2020) in collaboration with Dalibor Šandor and Per.Art, Retrospective (2012-), Temporary Title, 2015, For the Unfaithful Replica (2016), Still Untitled (2017), Still In Hong Kong (2021) and Still (life) In Taipei (2022) in collaboration with Scarlet Yu, use and investigate the time, the space as well as the relationships between the public and live artworks made possible by exhibitions, museums and other public spaces.

His work has been presented internationally, including at the Taipei Performing Arts Center, Skulptur Projekte Münster 2017, Taikwun Contemporary Art Center (Hong Kong), Tapiès Foundation (Barcelona), MoMA PS1 - New York, Kaldor Public Art Projects (Sydney), Centre Pompidou (Paris) and La Biennale di Venezia Danza, Taipei Biennale among others.