Lucy Marinkovich (born 1989) is a New Zealand dancer and choreographer. She is the artistic director and choreographer of Wellington-based performing arts group Borderline Arts Ensemble.

Biography

Marinkovich was born in

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and began dance lessons at the age of five with

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. Marinkovich studied contemporary dance at the

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, graduating in 2009. While a student, she studied short courses at P.A.R.T.S in Belgium, Batsheva Dance Company in Israel and worked as a research assistant for Rosemary Martin in Ramallah, Palestine. She also concurrently studied for a bachelor's degree in English literature by distance with

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. Marinkovich started dancing and modelling with the

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competitions in 2005 and performed with the organisation for ten years, including in their performance at the

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in 2012. In 2010, Marinkovich joined Footnote Dance Company and danced with the company nationally and internationally for several years. In 2014, Marinkovich received the

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Tup Lang Choreographic Award. She choreographed productions at INSTINC Art Gallery Singapore and Rimbun Dahan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 2018, Marinkovich was appointed dance educator for the

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, delivering the company's education and community events. She has also worked for the New Zealand School of Dance as a choreographer. In 2018 she was awarded the Harriet Friedlander New York Residency from the

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. In 2021, Marinkovich ran a programme in

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teaching people living with Parkinson's disease to dance.

References

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