Scarlett Mackmin
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Scarlett Mackmin is an English
choreographer. She trained at the Martha Graham School in New York
and at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance in London
. She worked as a performer and teacher before becoming a freelance choreographer.
Her work for the theatre includes The Hypochondriac (Almeida), President of an Empty Room (National Theatre), Sleeping Beauty (Barbican), The Dark, Caligula, After Miss Julie
, Privates on Parade
(Donmar Warehouse), Cloud Nine
, The Modernist, A Midsummer Night's Dream
, The Tempest
, Bird Calls, Batina and the Moon, Iphigenia (Sheffield Crucible), Peribanez, Sleeping Beauty (Young Vic), A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Two Gentlemen of Verona
(Regent's Park), Up on the Roof (Minerva, Chichester), In Flame (Bush Theatre/New Ambassadors) and Airswimming
(BAC).
Her film credits include Stage Beauty
, Chocolat
, The Last Minute
, and Miss Julie
.
She is the sister of theatre director Anna Mackmin
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
choreographer. She trained at the Martha Graham School in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. She worked as a performer and teacher before becoming a freelance choreographer.
Her work for the theatre includes The Hypochondriac (Almeida), President of an Empty Room (National Theatre), Sleeping Beauty (Barbican), The Dark, Caligula, After Miss Julie
After Miss Julie
After Miss Julie is a play which relocates August Strindberg's naturalist tragedy, Miss Julie , to an English country house in July 1945...
, Privates on Parade
Privates on Parade
Privates on Parade: A Play with Songs in Two Acts is a 1977 farce by English playwright Peter Nichols , with music by Denis King.-Plot:...
(Donmar Warehouse), Cloud Nine
Cloud Nine (play)
Cloud Nine is a two-act play written by British playwright Caryl Churchill after workshops with the Joint Stock Theatre Company in late 1978 and first performed at Dartington College of Arts, Devon, on 14 February 1979....
, The Modernist, A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
, The Tempest
The Tempest
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place,...
, Bird Calls, Batina and the Moon, Iphigenia (Sheffield Crucible), Peribanez, Sleeping Beauty (Young Vic), A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1590 or 1591. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and tropes with which he would later deal in more...
(Regent's Park), Up on the Roof (Minerva, Chichester), In Flame (Bush Theatre/New Ambassadors) and Airswimming
Airswimming
Airswimming is the first play written by Charlotte Jones. Its 1997 premiere at the Battersea Arts Centre was directed by Anna Mackmin and featured Rosie Cavaliero and Scarlett Mackmin. It is based on two women being imprisoned in a mental asylum in the 1920s for having children outside of...
(BAC).
Her film credits include Stage Beauty
Stage Beauty
Stage Beauty is a 2004 British-American-German romantic period drama directed by Richard Eyre. The screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher is based on his play Compleat Female Stage Beauty, which was inspired by references to 17th century actor Edward Kynaston made in the detailed private diary kept by...
, Chocolat
Chocolat
Chocolat is a 1999 novel by Joanne Harris. It tells the story of Vianne Rocher, a young mother, who arrives at a fictional insular French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes with her six-year-old daughter, Anouk...
, The Last Minute
The Last Minute
The Last Minute, is a British urban gothic film, written and directed by Stephen Norrington, darkly lampooning success, failure, and the show business....
, and Miss Julie
Miss Julie
Miss Julie is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg dealing with class, love, lust, the battle of the sexes, and the interaction among them...
.
She is the sister of theatre director Anna Mackmin
Anna Mackmin
Anna Mackmin is an award-winning British theatre director. She has been an associate director at the Sheffield Crucible and at the Gate Theatre in London.-Life and career:...
.