Françoise Dupuy Explained

Françoise Dupuy
Birth Name:Françoise Michaud
Birth Date:1925 2, df=y
Birth Place:Lyon, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Occupation:Dancer
Choreographer

Françoise Dupuy (pronounced as /fr/; née Michaud; 6 February 1925 – 15 September 2022) was a French dancer and choreographer. She was married to fellow dancer and choreographer Dominique Dupuy.[1]

Born in Lyon, France, Dupuy took her first dance lessons at the Lyon Opera when she was five years old. In 1946, Dupuy joined Jean Weidt's company in Paris, where she met Dominique.

Dupuy was an iconic choreographer since the 1940s. She also taught as a teacher. In the mid-1980s, Dupuy was an inspector at the French Ministry of Culture. She was a key figure in the development of modern and contemporary dance in France.[2] [3] Besides dance, Dupuy was also passionate about music, painting, and theater.[4]

Dupuy died on 15 September 2022, at the age of 97.[5]

Written works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dupuy, Françoise (1925-....). Bibliothèque nationale de France. French.
  2. Web site: Andus L’Hotellier . Sanja . 5 September 2016 . Dupuy, Françoise née Michaud (1925--) and Dupuy, Dominique (1930--) . Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism . 10.4324/9781135000356-REM63-1.
  3. Web site: Building Up French Dance: The Life of Françoise Dupuy . 28 September 2023 . Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels . en.
  4. News: 18 September 2022 . Dancer Françoise Dupuy has died . en . Le Monde.fr . 27 September 2023.
  5. News: Boisseau. Rosita. 16 September 2022. La mort de la danseuse Françoise Dupuy. French. Le Monde. 19 September 2022.