Cepta Cullen was considered Ireland's "first serious choreographer" and an important figure in the development of Irish Ballet.
Cullen trained as a dancer in the Abbey School of Ballet under Ninette de Valois in Dublin.
Cullen's school was The Irish Ballet Club which she founded in 1939 and which was based in the Peacock Theatre, Dublin.
[3] The ballet was scripted by the poet F. R. Higgins, designed by Mainie Jellett and composed by Elizabeth Maconchy.
'Cepta' Mary Catherine Cullen married Lieutenant Richard Patrick Gower (Officer of the Maritime Services - McKee Barracks) of on 27 July 1948 in Church of the Holy Family, Aughrim Street, Dublin.