Régine Chopinot (born 1952), born at
Fort-de-l'Eau
Bordj El Kiffan (Arabic 'برج الكيفان') is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. It is in the eastern section of the city, near Matares Beach.
Named Fort de l'Eau (Fr. 'Water Fortress') under French rule prior to 1962, us ...
(nowadays
Bordj El Kiffan
Bordj El Kiffan (Arabic 'برج الكيفان') is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. It is in the eastern section of the city, near Matares Beach.
Named Fort de l'Eau (Fr. 'Water Fortress') under French rule prior to 1962, us ...
) in Algeria,
[.] 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
Croix-Rousse
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in
Lyon
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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 Rosita Boisseau, 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
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier (; born 24 June 1952) is a French haute couture and prêt-à-porter fashion designer.
He is described as an "enfant terrible" of the fashion industry and is known for his unconventional designs with motifs including corset ...
,
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) and ''Façade'' (1993).
''L'alliance luxe Chopinot/Gaultier''
par Rosita Boisseau dans ''Le Monde
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'' du 24 mars 2007
References
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1952 births
Living people