Donate in honor of Catherine Fothergill, Associate Artistic Director!

At Ballet Arkansas, Catherine is the chief caretaker of the organization's repertory and the curator of its education programs and community outreach initiatives. Since her appointment, Ballet Arkansas's repertory has diversified and the organization's affiliated School for Dance was founded. Catherine is instrumental in the staging of the classics and works closely with commissioned choreographers in the crafting of their works. In addition, she oversees a faculty of school educators and community cast rehearsal directors, and facilitates all communication between Ballet Arkansas and the hundreds of K-12 participants featured within its full-length productions. In honor of these achievements, Arkansas Money & Politics Magazine named Catherine one of its Power Women, class of 2020. Under Catherine's leadership, Ballet Arkansas was named one of the Top 100 Ballet Companies in America by the Dance Data Project.

In addition to her duties at Ballet Arkansas, Catherine travels frequently throughout the United States and abroad as a guest instructor, repetiteur and ballet mistress for ballet companies, semi-professional academies, and university dance programs. She has staged works for Japan Ballet Association's 37th annual Zendo Ballet Festival, Balleteatro Nacional de Puerto Rico, Les Ballets de France, the Takako Classical Ballet, Chida Toshiko Ballet, and the Alabama Ballet. Catherine has served on the faculties of the Takako Classical Ballet, Chida Toshiko Ballet, and Hiroko Masuya Classic Ballet of Japan, and is a frequent guest instructor for the Cecchetti Council of America's International Summer School. While on faculty at the Alabama Ballet School, Catherine taught multiple levels of the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus and passed numerous students with distinction. She was named guest artist in residence at the University of Arkansas - Little Rock's Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, 2019 - 2021. Catherine is listed among other accomplished entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals from the state of Arkansas within Marquis Who's Who in America 2022.