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 (Dance Works). She moved to New York in 1989 for seven years where she danced with Tere O’Connor Dance, the Bebe Miller Company and Sara Rudner. Now based in Melbourne, Guerin has been commissioned by Chunky Move, Ros Warby, Woo Co (Denmark), Ricochet (UK) Dance Works Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Mikhail. Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project (USA) among others. Her works have toured throughout Europe including France, Holland, UK, Germany, Denmark, Nederlands and Switzerland, and the US including New York, Portland, Miami, Seattle, Houston, and Durham.
Guerin has received the Prix d’auteur (France), a ‘Bessie’ Award (New York Dance and Performance Award), the 2000 Sydney Myer Performing Arts Award for an individual, and a Green Room Award (Victorian Arts Centre). See more from Lucy Guerin