Bettina Blanc Penther is a choreographer and performer. They studied applied modern literature at the Sorbonne before graduating from the Photo/Video department of the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris. Between 2017 and 2018, they joined Le Fresnoy-Studio National des Arts where they made two short films: Too much Tenderness and I am a Beliver, which were shown in festivals and exhibitions such as the Art Press Biennale and the Xposed festival in Berlin. In 2019, alongside their visual arts practice, Bettina joined the curatorial study group "Displays" at EnsadLab-PSL as a student researcher, working on the notion of agency in artworks. They practice wrestling in national competition with the "Red Devils's club." At the same time, they dance and collaborate with choreographer Marcela Santander Corvàlan on her pieces "Quietos" and "Bocas de Oro". They give numerous dance workshops for all audiences at the CND, the École des Beaux-Arts in Dijon, etc. In 2021, Bettina and Pauline Brun founded the company No SMALL MESS, which hosts choreographic projects such as their new solo "Secretly Troubled" on the theme of shame. In 2023, they participated in the Danceweb program at Impulstanz in Vienna. In 2024, Bettina created and presented in Berlin with choreographer Antonia Baerh a piece on the transmission between two generations of butch entitled Silver and Baby Butch.