Régine Chopinot

Régine Chopinot (born 1952), born at Fort-de-l'Eau (nowadays Bordj El Kiffan) in Algeria,^[1] is a french dancer and choreographer of Contemporary Dance.

History

Since she was 5 years old,^[2] Régine Chopinot studied classical dance, and then discovered, in 1974, Contemporary Dance with Marie Zighera. She will later teach at Croix-Rousse in Lyon (Véronique Ros de la Grange was one of her students) . In 1978, she founded her own company,Compagnie du Grèbe, in association with dancers, actors and musicians.^[2] She then signed her first choreographies. In 1981, three years later, she won the second prize of Concours chorégraphique international de Bagnolet for Halley's Comet.^[2]

Her creations, Délices et Via, will introduce multimedia and cinema in the dance world and use new lighting techniques. For Délices in 1983, Régine Chopinot met Jean-Paul Gaultier,^[2] a french tailor. Both artists will keep working together for 10 years, for Le Défilé (1985), K.O.K. (1988), Ana (1990) St Georges (1991) et Façade (1993).^[3]

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