Marin, Maguy (1951–)
Marin, Maguy (1951–)
French dancer and choreographer. Born June2, 1951, in Toulouse, France; studied classical ballet at Toulouse Conservatoire; trained with Nina Vyroubova in Paris and at Maurice Béjart's Mudra school in Brussels.
Performed with Strasbourg Opéra Ballet in France (late 1960s) and with the Chandra group, Brussels, directed by Micha van Hoecke; danced with Béjart's Ballet du XXième Siècle in Brussels (starting 1972) and choreographed 1st work Yu-ku-ri for company (1976); with Daniel Ambash, founded Le Ballet Théâtre de l'Arche, Créteil, in France (1978), which was renamed Campagnie Maguy Marin (1984) and later evolved into Centre Choréographique National (1990); has choreographed works for Paris Opéra Ballet, Lyon Opéra Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, and others; awards include 1st prizes at Nyon Choreography Competition (1977) and Bagnolet Festival International Choreography Competition (1978), and Grand Priz National de Choréographie, France (1983); works most often described as Tanztheater (dance-theater) for inclusion of aural, vocal and visual facets. Major works include La jeune fille et la mort (Death and the Maiden, 1979), Cante (1980), May B. (1981), Babel Babel (1982), Hymen (1984), Cendrillon (Cinderella, 1985), Groosland (1990), and Coppélia (1993).