Marceau Chenault teaches traditional and contemporary dance at East China Normal University (ECNU). He is also in charge of training at the Qigong Research Institute of Shanghai Medical University (SHUTCM). He holds a PhD in Anthropology from STAPS and is a researcher at the Laboratoire d’Anthropologie et Psychologie Cognitives et Sociales (LAPCOS) at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. His work focuses on the diffusion of body-awareness techniques in relation to education, health and new spiritualities in the context of the globalisation of Asian and European practices.