Marian Faustino

Dancer

This is Marian’s first season with Ballet Nouveau Colorado. Marian received her training in the Philippines as a member of Ballet Manila, where she performed soloist and principal roles in full length classics such as The Nutcracker, La Bayadere, and Don Quixote. She was also a Philippine representative at several international ballet competitions. She was a semi-finalist at the Xth Moscow IBC and a finalist at the Japan IBC in 2005. In 2008, Marian joined Ballet Philippines and danced with them for two seasons, performing many original Filipino works. Last year, she was based in Nashville as a member of Dance Theatre of Tennessee. Marian was recently awarded the 2012 Individual Artist Fellowship for Dance by the Tennessee Arts Commission.