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.