Marguerite Donlon also directed two plays from Samuel Beckett, “Words and Music“ and “Act without words 1“, which was commissioned by the National Theatre of Luxembourg and performed at the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen.
She was born in the Republic of Ireland. After a childhood of traditional Irish dance, Marguerite began her ballet studies at the late age of 16. She became a solo dancer and choreographer with the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1990; before that she was a member of the English National Ballet. During this time she worked with and was coached by many world-renowned artists, including Natalia Makarova, Rudolf Nureyev, Sir Kenneth Mac Millan, and danced pieces from Maurice Béjart, William Forsythe, Bill T. Jones, Meg Stuart and Jirí Kylián.
