ChristopheApprillis a sociologist and dancer at Aix-MarseilleUniversity, MediationCulturelle De L’Art in Marseille, France. He istheauthor of numerousbooksrelatingto dance, gender, and societyincludingSlow. Désir et disillusion (2021), Les mondes du bal (2018), and L’invention politique de la danse contemporaine(forthcoming, 2024).