Malou Airaudo is one of characterizing soloists of Pina Bausch's Wuppertal Dance Theater where she has, following her 1984 nomination as professor of contemporary dance at the Folkwang Academy, made regular guest appearances in such productions as "Iphegenia at Taurus", Orpheus and Euridyce", "Café Müller", "Bandoneon" and "Walzes". Airaudo began her education at the Marseille Opera school and danced with the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo and with the Contemporary Ballet Theater of Amiens, until 1970, when she went to New York and where she first encountered Pina Bausch, who engaged her in 1973 for the newly-founded Wuppertal Dance Theater.