After studying dance at the Conservatoire de Saint-Cloud, Alice Renavand joined the Paris Opera Ballet School in 1990, then the corps de ballet in 1997, at the age of 17. She was promoted to coryphée in 2004, sujet in 2005 and première danseuse in 2012. In 2008, she was awarded the AROP prize. She was named prima ballerina on 20 December 2013 following a performance of Le Parc by A. Preljocaj.
On Indochine's Black City Parade tour, she danced in the video for the track "Wuppertal" projected onto a large screen, and on stage at the Stade de France during the two concerts organised by the group. She bid farewell to the Opera de Paris in 2023 in M. Béjart's Boléro, but has continued to perform on international stages and at events such as the opening ceremony of the 2023 Rugby World Cup alongside actor J. Dujardin. Alice Renavand is a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.
