Born in Toulouse, the dancer and choreographer Maguy Marin studied classical dance at the Toulouse Conservatoire before joining the Strasbourg Ballet and then Mudra (Brussels), Maurice Béjart’s multidisciplinary school. In 1978, she founded the Ballet-Théâtre de l’Arche with Daniel Ambash, which became the Compagnie Maguy Marin in 1984. The Centre chorégraphique national de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne was established in 1985: there, she continued her tireless artistic work and intensive touring programme around the world. In 1987, her meeting with the musician and composer Denis Mariotte marked the beginning of a decisive collaboration that broadened the scope of her artistic experimentation. A new base was established in 1998, at the new Centre Chorégraphique National in Rillieux-la-Pape. A sense of «us, in time and place» that strengthens our ability to bring forth «those diagonal forces resistant to oblivion» (H. Arendt). The year 2011 marked a re-examination of the ways in which the company’s reflection and work were carried out. Following the intensity of the years spent at the CCN in Rillieux-la-Pape, the need arose for a new phase to continue opening up the immaterial space of a «commons» that stubbornly sought to assert itself. Following a three-year spell in Toulouse, the idea of setting up at Ramdam – a former wood workshop acquired in 1995 through royalties in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon – had taken shape. The company’s move to this venue in 2015 marked the start of an ambitious new project in collaboration with the current team at RAMDAM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS.