Sophie Coquelin has a “Licence” degree in Ethnomusicology at Paris-X-Nanterre University (France, 2004) and a Master degree in “Ethnologie des Arts Vivants” at Nice Sofia-Antipolis University (France, 2013). She investigates the revitalization processes of folk music and dance in Portugal. From 2014 to 2017, she had a research grant coordinated by Prof. Daniel Tércio in the research center called INET-md, at the Faculty of Human Motricity – University of Lisbon. She was working in "Terpsicore", a database dedicated to archiving dance and performing arts in Portugal. In the interface between university and civil society, her professional experience took place at PédeXumbo Association (Portugal), as a cultural producer (2007-2011/2012-2014), and at Institut Occitan d´Aquitaine (France), as the assistant of the ethnomusicologist Jean-Jacques Casterêt (2011-2012). She has participated in ethnographic recordings in Alentejo, Algarve and Azores; and collaborated in web platforms, which promote music and dance archives (databases "Terpsicore" from INET-md polo FMH, “Ibn Battuta” from La Maison des Cultures du Monde, “Sondaqui” from Institut Occitan d´Aquitaine and "A Dança Portuguesa A Gostar Dela Própria" from PédeXumbo). She was a consultant for the film "Sinfonia Imaterial" by Tiago Pereira (edited by INATEL Foundation), and for the performance "Fica no Singelo" by the Dance Company Clara Andermatt. Since January 2017, she has begun a PhD on Dance, at the Faculty of Human Motricity - ULisboa. She intends to deepen her research on Anthropology and Art, by working on multimodality in dance. She has a PhD scholarship granted by the University of Lisbon.