After studying under Carlotta Zambelli at the company's school, she entered the Paris Opera Ballet when she was 14.
Four years after she had left the stage, in 1983 Rudolf Nureyev appointed her ballet master for Swan Lake.
[1] Motte enjoyed particularly rapid promotions at the Paris Opera Ballet after joining the company at age 14.
In addition to Lifar and Petit, these included George Balanchine, Michel Descombes and Maurice Béjart.
[1] Other notable performances included On ne badine pas avec l'amour (Lifar, 1962), La Péri (George Skibine, 1966), Bacchus and Ariadne (Michel Descombey, 1967) and a new version of The Firebird (Béjart, 1975).