Sophie Jacotot

Choreographic assistant and dance historian

Sophie Jacotot has immersed herself in several choreographic universes, from Arab-Berber dance (Cie Saâdia Souyah) to contemporary dance and Argentine tango.
For more than 10 years, she worked with Dominique Brun as researcher, assistant and performer on the Ballets Russes repertoire for several projects Sacre # 2 (2014), Jeux. Trois études pour sept petits paysages aveugles (2017), and Noces (2020).

At the same time, she trained in Conté writing with Michelle Nadal and Catherine Augé, then in Laban kinetography at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse of Paris (CNSMDP) with Noëlle Simonet. In this context, she danced and transmitted pieces from the first choreographic modernity (Isadora Duncan, Ruth Saint-Denis, Doris Humphrey…).

Passionate about ballroom dance and its history, she published Danser à Paris dans l’entre-deux-guerres. Lieux, pratiques et imaginaires des danses de société des Amériques (1919-1939) and contributed to various publications, exhibitions, radio programs and documentary films on the subject.

Since 2017, she dances for the public space dance company Solsikke (Marie Chataignier) and created Les Mues with Gwenola Breton in 2020. As part of this project, she develops danced conferences. She also leads a number of transmission projects with children and adults, amateurs and professionals. She met Massimo Fusco during the creation of Dominique Brun’s Noces and took part in the creation of the BAL MAGNETIQUE.