Growing up in Paris, Boutella was exposed to many more forms of dance, particularly hip hop and street dance, which intrigued her for offering more "freedom" compared to the more disciplined styles of ballet and gymnastics. Shortly thereafter, she started rhythmic gymnastics, joining the French national team at age 18. In 1992, at the age of 10, she left Algeria with her family in the midst of the Algerian civil war and moved to France. With her family's encouragement, Boutella started classical dance education when she was five years old. Boutella described her childhood as a happy one, stating that she was "blessed to be born into a family that allowed me to express myself, to be myself and let out all sorts of colours that were living in my imagination and in my heart." She was raised in a fairly secular household that cultivated artistic expression and creativity. Her surname means "the men of the mountains". Her brother, Seif, works as a visual effects artist in the entertainment industry. Boutella was born in the Bab El Oued district of Algiers, Algeria, to an architect mother and a jazz musician father, Safy Boutella.
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