[3] She lectured in performing arts at Manukau Institute of Technology for 10 years, and was artistic director of Tempo Dance Festival in 2020.
[3] Playing Savage choreographed and performed by Cat Ruka was presented in the 2010 Kōwhiti Festival of Māori Contemporary Dance at Soundings Theatre, Te Papa, Wellington.
[8] Ruka choreographed the Manukau Institute of Technology's first production in 2011, a South Auckland version of West Side Story.
NEW TREATY MILITIA premiered at the Hebbel am Ufer performance centre in Berlin, and then toured to: Boutique Studios, Brooklyn New York; Tempo Dance Festival, Q Theatre; Southside Arts Festival, Ōtara; a secret venue in Dunedin in a double-bill with Warwick Broadhead; and The Long Hall, Roseneath, Wellington.
[14] Ruka created a dance film installation zodiac as part of Embodied contemplation: A mixed bill at the Basement Theatre in 2019.