Germaine Acogny is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and a powerful ambassador of African dance and culture. From 1977 to 1982, she was the Artistic Director of Mudra Afrique in Dakar. In 1997, Acogny was appointed Artistic Director of the dance section of Afrique en Creation in Paris. With her husband Helmut Vogt, she created the École des Sables, the International Centre for Traditional and Contemporary African Dances, located in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal, inaugurated in June 2004. Acogny has choreographed many pieces for her company JANT-BI, which regularly tours around the world, and also creates and performs her own solos. Her latest creation, the solo A un endroit du début, had its premiere at the Grand Théâtre du Luxembourg in June 2015.

As of June 2023