Marguerite Donlon

Marguerite Donlon (born 31 May 1966) is an Irish dancer, choreographer and ballet director.

Career Marguerite Donlon was born in County Longford, Ireland. After a childhood of traditional Irish dance, Marguerite began her ballet studies with Anica Louw and Dorothy Stevens at the late age of 13. 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.

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 1999: Patch of Grass. Deutsche Oper. Berlin, Germany. 2000: Different Directions. Independent Company. Berlin, Germany. 2001: We Three Sheep. Deutsche Oper. Berlin, Germany. 2002: BeBob. Nederlands Dans Theater 2, Nederlands 2002: How fast you want!. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany. 2002: Somewhere Between Remembering and Forgetting. Stuttgart Ballet, Germany. 2002: Move. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany. 2002: Taboo or not. Vienna State Ballet, Austria. 2003: Chocolate (bittersweet). Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany. 2003: Carmen privat. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany. 2003: Poetic Licence. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany. 2004: Blind Date. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany. 2004: Zettels Sommernachts Traum. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany. 2005: Strokes Through The Tail. World Premiere Hubbard Street Dance Company. Chicago, USA 2005: Tanz mir das Lied vom Tod. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany. 2005: Die Schachtel. Théâtre National du Luxembourg and SST. 2005: Eros - Life Instinct. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany. 2005: Erinnerung an...eine Zukunft. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany. 2005: On Top. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany. 2006: CRASH. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany. 2006: Schatten. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany. 2006: Die rotten Schuhe. Staatliche Ballettschule. Berlin, Germany. 2006: Words and Music (And Silence). Théâtre National du Luxembourg. 2006: Giselle: Reloaded. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2007: Romeo und Julia. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2007: Seed. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2008: The Nutcracker. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2008: Splash!. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2008: Le sacre du printemps. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2009: Swan Lake– aufgetaucht. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2009: Casa Azul - Inspired by Frida Kahlo. World Premiere Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2010: Footprints. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2010: Buster Keaton in Silent Mov(i)e. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2011: Secret of immortality (alpha, soma). Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2011: BLUE. Piece about environmental sustainability. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2012: Heroes. World Premiere in Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2012: Labyrinth of Love. Rambert Dance Company. London, England. 2013: LIEBE in schwarz-weiß. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2013: Close Up. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2013: Christus am Ölberg. Musikfestspiele Saar in Cooperation with SST and Donlon Dance Company Berlin. 2013: Wings. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2014: Shadow. Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany. 2015: Heroes-K, Body (Adaption). Opernhaus Kiel, Germany. 2015: Der Bettler von Paris. DDC Berlin. Theater an der Rott in Eggenfelden, Germany. 2015: Made in Love. Gärtner Platz, Munich. 2015: Transparent Cloud. Hessisches Staatsballett, Darmstadt, Germany. 2016: Ruff Celts. Visceral Dance Company. Chicago, USA. 2016: Amore. Strokes through the Tail - Svetlana Zakharova 2016: The One Grand Show. Friederichstadt Palast, Berlin, Germany. 2017: To the Moon and Back. MiR - Musiktheater Im Revier Gelsenkirchen, Germany. 2017: Heroes -H. Theater Hagen, Germany. 2018: The Last Life Boat Project. DDC Berlin: Solo, premiered in Craw Festival, Berlin. | Duet, premiered in Backstage Theatre. Longford, Ireland. Installation Performance, premiered in Yadegar Asisi's "TITANIC - Die Versprechen der Moderne" in Panometer Museum, Leipzig.| Last Life Boat World Premiere. BalletX in Philadelphia, USA. 2019: Le cage aux folles - Choreography. Theater Basel, Switzerland. 2019: Dare to see. Duet premiered at Le Grand Theatre du Luxembourg, Gala des étoiles. 2019: Lost in Translations. Step Up 19 Dance Limerick, Ireland. 2019: Strokes through the tails. DDC Berlin. Dance Salad Festival. Houston, USA. 2019: Casa Azul. Ballett Hagen. Germany. 2022: East West: Premiere, 3.04.2022 for Dance Company Osnabrueck, Germany 2022: Romeo & Juliet: Premiere, 5.11.2022 for Dance Company Osnabrueck, Germany 2023: Lorca: Premiere, 18.03.2023 for Dance Company Osnabrueck, Germany 2023: Das Floß der Medusa, 17.09.2023 for Komische Oper Berlin, Germany 2023: Ruff Celts: Premiere 20.10.2023 for Theater Münster, Germany 2023: Orlando: Premiere, 23.10.2023 for Graz Oper Ballet, Austria 2024: Dán: Premiere 29 Sug 2024, for Donlon Dance Collective, Forum kreuzberg, Berlin 2024: To The Moon and Back: Premiere 06.12.2024 for Poznan Opera Ballet, Poland 2025: Big Wig: for BalletX, Philadelphia, USA