Susan Marshall
Susan Marshall is
the Artistic Director/Choreographer of Susan Marshall &
Company, which, since 1982, has performed the more than 25 dance
works she has created with them including: One and Only
You, The Descent Beckons, Spectators at an Event, Fields of
View, Contenders, Arms, Interior with Seven Figures, Kiss,
and Standing Duet. Marshall's collaboration with the
dancers of Susan Marshall & Company has been the main influence
on the development of her choreographic process and work. In
1996, Marshall choreographed and directed Les Enfants Terribles,
a dance/opera created in collaboration with composer Philip
Glass. Marshall has also created dances for the Lyon Opera Ballet,
Frankfurt Ballet, Boston Ballet ,and Montreal Danse. Marshall
has collaborated with director Francesca Zambello on operas
staged for the Los Angeles Music Center and the New York City
Opera. A recipient of a 2000 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Fellowship, she has received a Dance Magazine Award,
a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Brandeis University Creative Arts
Citation, and the American Choreographer Award. Marshall has
received two New York Dance and Performance Awards (BESSIES)
for Outstanding Choreographic Achievement.
Sleeping Beauty &
Other Stories — 2003 Next Wave Festival
The Most Dangerous Room in the House — 1998 Next Wave
Festival
Les Enfants Terrible — 1996 Next Wave Festival
Spectators at an Event/Fields of View — 1994 Next Wave
Festival