by Emily May | Nov 6, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
This November, The Royal Ballet’s famously diverse repertoire will be on full display with a milestone company debut, a world premiere, and the return of a successful artist-curated program. Running November 14–December 2 is the company’s Perspectives: Balanchine,...
by Emily May | Apr 24, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
British choreographer Cathy Marston is no stranger to transforming literature into ballet. With her long-time collaborator, dramaturg Edward Kemp, she’s adapted everything from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men to Charlotte Brontё’s Jane Eyre for the stage, mounting...
by Nancy Wozny | Mar 6, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
It will be a steamy spring season at Houston Ballet when the company premieres Cathy Marston’s Summer and Smoke, a new ballet inspired by Tennessee Williams’ play, March 9–19. Set to a commissioned score by Michael Daugherty, this co-production with American Ballet...
by Claudia Bauer | Jan 31, 2022 | Onstage, The Latest
This is an updated version of an article that appeared in Pointe’s Winter 2020 print edition. Celebrated in her native Britain and across Europe, choreographer Cathy Marston is conquering America with her contemporary, literary story ballets. In 2019, American Ballet...
by Lucy Van Cleef | May 12, 2021 | Career
To any pre-professional dancer vying for a company position, auditions are a familiar and often dreaded scene: Hundreds of hopeful young graduates flock to an audition site, pin a paper number to their dance clothes and try their luck. But only a few will receive...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 17, 2020 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. The Royal Ballet Presents the World Premiere of Cathy Marston’s “The Cellist” The world premiere of Cathy Marston’s The Cellist for The Royal Ballet opens...
by Pointe Magazine | Jan 5, 2020 | Career, Profiles
Read on for our 12 Standout Performances of 2019. Click the titles and photos to learn more! Miami City Ballet’s Katia Carranza in “Duo Concertante” Miami City Ballet principal Katia Carranza “turned every choreographic facet into a...
by Laura Cappelle | Dec 27, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
It was a bold choice of adaptation. “The Suit,” a short story by South African writer Can Themba about a woman’s infidelity and subsequent punishment, could easily serve as an excuse for overwrought domestic violence onstage. Not so in Cathy...