Muriel Hérault studied plastic arts in the first place, then dance at the Sorbonne University/ParisIV followed by her formation at the CNDC in Angers.
In 1988 she came to Belgium to work for Ultima Vez. Since then she is based in Brussels. She danced in What the body does not remember and participated in the creations of Les porteuses de mauvaises nouvelles, The weight of a hand and in the Roseland film. As assistant and tour director she was part of the revival of Les porteuses de mauvaises nouvelles in 2004/2005. She regularly leads Ultima Vez workshops.

In 1991 she joined Rosas to dance in Achterland, Rosas danst Rosas (revival) and participated in the creations of Erts and Mozart.Concert Arias/Un moto di gioia. For the latter she was also rehearsal director in December 2006.
Between 1993 and 2005 she has been working with the Needcompany. On the one hand she was part of Jan Lauwers’ Orfeo, SnakeSong/Le voyeur, Needcompany’s King Lear and Isabella’s room, Grace Ellen Barkeys‘ Tres, Stories (Histoires/Verhalen), RoodRedRouge and Few things.
Since January 2007, she works with Rosas as rehearsal director for the productions D'un soir un jour and Zeitung.