In the quest for his vocation, he left Hungary for Paris in the middle of the 1980′s. He soon started working with many well-known artists from the world of classical ballet and studied the Cunningham and Limon dance techniques. Thanks to his French wife’s social network, architect Catherine Frenák, he gained entry into the world of contemporary artists whose influence helped him master the use of uncommon shapes and spaces. His later work is deeply influenced by the movies of Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, the ideas of Francis Bacon and Gilles Deleuse, as well as his personal relationship with the contemporary French painter, Jean-Olivier.
In 1999, he transformed the ten-year-old Compagnie Pal Frenak into a Hungarian-French international cooperation by hiring young Hungarian dancers. The ensemble, now performing both in Paris and in Budapest, is widely known for its unique style of dance that integrates mimicry, sign language and body language, combined with carefully chosen elements of circus, theater, fashion shows and contemporary music.
Not only does Pál Frenák have a wide repertoire as a choreographer, he also has a busy schedule as an instructor. He regularly organizes professional workshops, gives free initiation shows to high-school students and he frequently meets his public, always putting great emphasis on the dialog with other art forms and the continuous, adequate cooperation with the public.
He works together with some of the most renowned people in contemporary European music such as György Kurtág, Patrick Schneider, Francois Donato, Fred Bigot and Fabrice Planquette.