Claire works at the intersection of Social Anthropology and Dance Studies. She was awarded a PhD in Social Sciences in 2018 from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. During her doctoral studies, she was a visiting PhD student in Dance Studies at the University of Bern and in Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen.

Her PhD research focused on choreographic productions dealing with shadows (phantoms, ghosts, monsters), analysing the emergence of gesture within contemporary dance. She published a book in French in 2022 based on this research, L'Ombre du Geste, which explores the phenomenology of gestures, bodies, and their anthropological meanings.

Her postdoctoral research has explored gender issues within contact improvisation, as well as the phenomenon of intimacy in contemporary dance through a transcultural lens, with ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Montreal, Paris, and Dakar. She was a visiting scholar at Concordia University in Montreal (SenseLab) and at the University of Paris 8. Her forthcoming book Dancing Intimacies examines touch, nakedness, sensoriality, spirituality, emotional intimacy, vulnerability, and exposure in contemporary dance, offering a comparative ethnographic analysis.

Assistant Professor (Research) at C-DaRE since June 2025, her current inquiry examines the politics of Otherness within contemporary dance. Her work articulates both the public politics of diversity and inclusion, and the lived experiences of dancing bodies perceived as 'Othered' under the white gaze.

Beyond her scholarly pursuits, she actively engages with dance communities as a practitioner, creatively intertwining anthropological reflection with a commitment to social transformation. She has led various socially engaged projects in public spaces, including initiatives on critical whiteness in educational settings. Through the integration of dance practice and theoretical inquiry, she seeks to extend the reach of anthropology beyond Academia, reimagining more sustainable ways of living, moving and dancing between the Global North and South.