Dancing for her life
EVER since Kellie Marie Sullivan she was a little girl in love with images of Anna Pavlova as The Dying Swan, she has been obsessed with ballet. Dance has been her life pursuit and passion. Dance has also helped her survive her cancer crisis.
Sullivan lives in Germany, and spent most of her career dancing in Europe. She found her niche in St Gallen, striking up a rapport with artistic director Jens-Peter Urbich, who, followed by a year freelancing in Switzerland. She eventually settled back in Germany at the Mecklenburg State Theatre, Schwerin, where her previous boss at St Gallen had just taken up the reins. As principal dancer she enjoyed being cast in many fascinating roles created for her by some of Europe’s most theatrical classical choreographers, such as Tom Schilling, Caeytano Soto Ramierez and Dominique Efstratiou, to name a few. She excelled in dramatic roles such as Victoria in Marc Bogaert’s (as the wife, Victoria), and Kassandra in , for which role she won the Konrad Ekhof Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin Gold Medallion Theatre Prize Artistic Award for Young Artists in 2006.
