Born in Adelaide, Australia, Lucy Guerin graduated from the Centre for Performing Arts in 1982 before joining the companies of Russell Dumas (Dance Exchange) and Nanette Hassall (Danceworks). She moved to New York in 1989 for seven years, where she began to produce her first choreographic works. Returning to Australia in 1996 she worked as an independent artist before establishing Lucy Guerin Inc in Melbourne in 2002. Lucy Guerin has had works commissioned by Chunky Move, Dance Works Rotterdam, Ricochet (UK), Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project (USA) and Lyon Opera Ballet (France). Her many awards include the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award, a New York Dance and Performance Award, several Green Room Awards, a Helpmann Award and an Australian Dance Award.
For Melbourne Now Lucy Guerin will be performing a work as part of the February Solo Series.
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