Marguerite Donlon (born 31 May 1966) is an Irish

dancer Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoi ...

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

and ballet director.

Career

Marguerite Donlon was born in

County Longford County Longford ( gle, Contae an Longfoirt) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Longford. Longford County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 46,6 ...

, Republic of Ireland. After a childhood of traditional Irish dance, Marguerite began her ballet studies with Anica Louw and Dorothy Stevens at the late age of 16. She became a soloist and choreographer with the dance company of the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1990; before that she was a member of the English National Ballet under Peter Schaufuss. During this time she worked with and was coached by many world-renowned artists, including Natalia Makarova, Rudolf Nureyev, Kenneth MacMillan, and danced pieces from choreographers such as Maurice Béjart, William Forsythe, Bill T. Jones, Meg Stuart and Jiří Kylián. She was director of the ballet at the Saarländisches Staatstheater between 2001 and 2013.

Awards

* 2007 Nomination for the Prix Benois (Giselle: Reloaded) * 2007 Nomination for the German theatre prize '' Der Faust'' (Romeo und Julia) * 2007 Award: '' Saarländischer Verdienstorden''

Selected works

References

General references

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External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Donlon, Marguerite 1966 births Living people Irish female dancers Ballet choreographers Irish choreographers People from County Longford Recipients of the Saarland Order of Merit