English is my 4th Language so pls have mercy

Lets get to the point

Next week, my school is holding a project week on the question of whether technology is changing the world for the better.. 
They were a lot of little projects with regard to the topic that they let us pick last week.

My first Choice was an musical, theater, artistic and dance project. The second just theater and the third was just generally about an creative way to talk about the pros and cons of the question. 

I got my second choice which I don't have a problem with. 
HOWEVER, when I checked the list of what the other students had gotten, NONE of anyone I knew has it and generally no one from my grade, except this one guy... Lets just say I don't like him.
Normally I wouldn't care (I dislike a lot of guys), but this guy is one of the annoying talkative guys that won't leave you alone. I don't even get why he picked this project. I don't recall him being very interested in theater?? He's one of these guys who'll mind his own business, but if he's bored ask you random question and I think he's bored a lot.
"Our little comedian" ahh guy yk?

And Idk bout you, but I don't think I'll enjoy doing theater with a bunch of strangers, who are probably all below grade 11 (Im grade 12) and some guy you dislike. 
I love theater and I also do it in my free time, but I don't think i can really "perform" with people I don't fucking know or just straight up kids.

So now Im praying this guy will not bother me all the time.
But what I'm really scared of is, that no one else in the whole school chose the project (or very few) and I'm stuck with this guy alone (and some teacher obv).
Or that it will be kids grade 1-6 (which I don't think they'd do, cause what would primary school kids do with 12th graders?).

Why I dislike the guy is pretty simple: He's lowkey racist, sexist and if he gets angry he gets very mean in an "aggressive" way, also like mentioned he's annoyed me before.
Its not like he's just straight up mean, he's actually nice in daily life just weird and annoying.
For instance: He'll come over to me and want me to shake his hand. I never do, cause like mentioned I don't like him and I hate to pretend. He doesn't get upset, but won't leave me alone and be asking me why. 
I actually thought about maybe starting to pretend to be nice, in hope he'll stop, but my friends who do shake his hand, he still talks to, but leave them alone faster.

So what do you think?
Should I start playing nice and torture myself a bit, in the hope he'll don't be as annoying or do I continue my normal harshness with risk that he'll annoy me more?
Also I don't know what will actually do me more good if I actively have too work with him.
I'll probably act the same unless yall convince me otherwise.
I just hate being fake nice, especially to men.

Thats it for now

Ara Ara, Sayonara people