Education
She studied music and dance under Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, creator of eurhythmics, after which she joined the Antwerp ballet.
She studied music and dance under Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, creator of eurhythmics, after which she joined the Antwerp ballet.
Acarin is generally known by her stage-name, Akarova. She was called "the Belgian Isadora Duncan". She soon left due to disputes with the ballet mistress.
In 1922, attending a meeting arranged by Isadora Duncan"s brother Raymond, she met artist Marcel Baugniet, with whom she would collaborate for many years.
Baugniet coined Marguerite"s stage name. In this period she danced, choreographed, and designed sets and costumes, in performances to works by composers such as Igor Stravinski and Maurice Ravel.
Her second marriage, to artistic patron Louis Lievens, took place on 6 April 1935. This marriage too ended in a separation, in 1939.