Dorothée Delabie trained at the Conservatoire de Nantes and then at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, and began her career with the Junior Ballet of the CNSMDP. After a spell with the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, she was hired by the Saarländisches Staatstheater and then the Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin. She joined the Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon in 2005, where she encountered choreographic styles that had a profound effect on her. At the same time, she developed a passion for teaching: ballet mistress, assistant, she is also a rehearsal director for Maguy Marin's revival of Grosse Fugue.