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,. is a French dancer and choreographer of Contemporary Dance.

History

Since she was 5 years old, Régine Chopinot studied classical dance, and then discovered, in 1974, Contemporary Dance with Marie Zighera. She will later teach at

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(Véronique Ros de la Grange was one of her students) . In 1978, she founded her own company, , in association with dancers, actors and musicians.''Panorama de la danse contemporaine. 90 chorégraphes'', par

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, Éditions Textuel, Paris, 2006, p.116-117. She then signed her first choreographies. In 1981, three years later, she won the second prize of for ''Halley's Comet''. 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

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, 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).''L'alliance luxe Chopinot/Gaultier''
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