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Cathy Marston
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Cathy Marston is a choreographer, artistic director and Clore Cultural Leadership Fellow. Educated in Cambridge, Cathy spent two years at the Royal Ballet School, London, before launching a successful international career now spanning over twenty years.
As a student her ballet teacher told her parents; “the problem with Cathy is that she thinks for herself” – something that foreshadowed an individual and remarkable career thus far.
Passionate about opening original ideas to new audiences, Cathy crafts the unexpected between classical and contemporary art forms. Cathy has choreographed around the world for a range of different companies including for: The Royal Ballet; the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera, Northern Ballet; English National Ballet; George Piper Dances (Ballet Boyz); David Hughes Dance; The Ensemble Group; Central Ballet; Images of Dance; Encore Dance Company; Royal Ballet School; London Children’s Ballet; Grange Park Opera, Sonia Friedman productions, Ballett des Theater St Gallen, Ballett im Revier; Finnish National Ballet; Danish Royal Ballet; Washington Ballet; Danza Contemporanea de Cuba; Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts and Opera Australia
To her further credit, Cathy held the role of Artistic Director of Bern Ballett, in Switzerland between 2007-2013 and as an Associate Artist Royal Opera House, London between 2002-2006.
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