Originally from Geneva, Marine Besnard trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds (UK). She has worked with British choreographers such as Akram Khan, Company Chameleon, James Cousin, Lea Anderson and Jessica Kennedy in Dublin. In 2014, she completed a Masters in Arts Management in London and founded Marine Besnard Choreography.

In 2017 she worked for ZUP, the successful production of La Compagnie Urbaine in Geneva, as assistant to the Artistic Director. In 2018 she danced for Jozsef Trefeli and Mike Winter for their latest creation at l’ADC, Geneva. As a choreographer, she has created and toured five productions, as well as various short-films. She has also been commissioned to create pieces for Muda Kunstzentrum in Gent and the ZHDK, Bachelor for Contemporary Dance in Zürich.

Recently, Marine partnered with leading global brands. Together they produced powerful performances and visual content to uniquely communicate their core values.