[6][7] Mécène was born fourteen kilometers from Paris, France in the town of Sucy en Brie.
She performed principal roles in many works, including "The Lament" in Acts of Light; The Woman in Red and The Woman in Yellow in Diversion of Angels; the lead in Heretic; the lead in Maple Leaf Rag; The Maiden in Seraphic Dialogue; The Bride in Appalachian Spring; The Pussycat in The Owl; and The Pussycat, Circe, and Eve in Embattled Garden; Mary as Magdalene in El Penitente; and the solo Deep Song.
She performed with other founding members: Terese Capucilli, Christine Dakin, Donlin Foreman, Jacqulyn Buglisi, and Kevin Predmore.
[5] She originated new works by Jacqulyn Buglisi and Donlin Foreman, including Suspended Women, Requiem, Blue Cathedral, and Dances for Seven.
[5] Along with her husband and long-time dance partner, Kevin Predmore,[12] Mécène presented full evenings of solos and duets at The Danny Kaye Playhouse, in New York City, and in churches in Kobe and Hiroshima, Japan.
[6][7][14] Mécène has lectured, re-staged, reconstructed, and directed many of Martha Graham's works, including Steps in the Street, Chronicle, Panorama, and Appalachian Spring.
Mécène has also taught the Graham Technique at national and international conferences held at Barnard College, Ailey School, Peridance Capezio Center, and Fieldstone High School in New York City; Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York; Le Centre National de la Danse and Studio Harmonic in Paris, France; L’Opéra-Theatre in Metz, France; and Singapore Dance Ensemble, in Singapore.
She choreographed a number of works in diverse styles and received several commissions in the U.S. and abroad including: UNUM, for the Buglisi Dance Theater;[23] Homenaje a Martha Graham, a full-length work consisting of ten solos for NEU records with music by Ramón Humet;[24] A New Place, a work commissioned by the Martha Graham Dance Company set to the music of Thomas Hormel’s original score, The Legend of Bird Mountain.