Muriel Turpin trained in classical and contemporary dance at the conservatories of La Roche-sur-Yon and La Rochelle, and later at the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine in Angers. A professional dancer for 24 years, she has worked as a performer with several companies, including Christine Grimaldi, Norbert Senou, Cie Contrepoint (Yan Raballand), and Cie Immanence (Bernadette Gaillard), as well as with Nicole Turpin on work blending dance and theater…

Over the past ten years in particular, she has worked on operas at several opera houses, including those of Bordeaux, Paris, Nancy, and Nuremberg… mainly with choreographer Laura Scozzi.