Marilyn Vella-Gatt

Biography

Marilyn Vella-Gatt was born in Bristol, UK. She received her education in the UK with further training in Benesh Movement Notation at the Institute of Choreology. She worked with many major ballet companies such as London Festival Ballet (later English National Ballet); National Ballet of Canada; Deutsche Oper Berlin and The Royal Danish Ballet.

Marilyn began her professional career teaching at Arts Educational School prior to entering London Festival Ballet in the position of choreologist. During her time there she had leave of absence to spend a total of 14 months with the National Ballet of Canada. In 1990 she was invited by Peter Schaufuss to join his ballet staff at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin. After three years she took a position at the Royal Danish Ballet for four years before returning to the UK to pursue a freelance career. Her field has taken her to set ballets in Australia, Austria, Germany, Japan, Italy, USA, Chile, Uruguay, Rio de Janeiro and Estonia. Having worked with many of the most major choreographers her repertoire includes the works of John Cranko, Ronald Hynd, Antony Tudor, Sir Frederick Ashton, Peter Schaufuss, Glen Tetley and most recently Michael Corder’s The Snow Queen for Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre.