Marie-Laure Bachmann

Marie-Laure Bachmann, Dalcroze Diplômée, was born in Le Locle, Switzerland. She pursued advanced studies in Geneva, first at the University for a diploma in Specialized Pedagogy, then at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze for the License and Diplôme (focused upon children and adults with special needs), then again in the University for a License in Experimental and Genetic Psychology (Piaget’s school). Using the Jaques Dalcroze method in her work as a psycho-motrician therapist, Ms. Bachmann practiced Dalcroze therapy with disabled children for over fifteen years; and taught at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, teaching courses in rhythmics, solfège, improvisation, and Dalcroze methodology in the professional students’ training course. From 1990 to 2006 she was the Director of the same Institute. The author of the book Dalcroze Today (Clarendon, 1991/1993) La Rythmique Jaques-Dalcroze, une éducation par la musique et pour la musique (Ed. La Baconnière, 1984) and numerous articles on related topics, she is now retired, but still occasionally gives classes or lectures in Switzerland and abroad