User:Seamanjg/Carmen Mathe

Carmen Mathe was born in Dundee, Scotland, and trained at England's Arts Educational School where she was partnered by Ben Stevenson in the "Peasant pas de deux" from Giselle for "Parent's Day" when she was 13.She danced with The Grand Ballet de Marquis de Cuevas for five years, divided a year between New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre and returned to England to become a principal with London Festival Ballet for the next seven years.Ms. Mathe was a ballerina for both the National Ballet of Washington and the Chicago Ballet.During her performing career, she appeared throughout the United States, Europe, South America, the Far East, and the Middle East in all the major classical roles, as well as a number of dramatic and comedic parts.Throughout her career, she studied with Margaret Craske in New York.In 1975, Ms. Mathe retired as a dancer and became artistic director of Arlington Dance Theater.She came to Houston Ballet as ballet mistress in 1980 and was appointed to her present position in 1983.Ms. Mathe has created several roles in many of Ben Stevenson's ballets, including Dracula in 1997 and The Snow Maiden in 1998.