ABOUT
The Borderline Arts Ensemble is a dance theatre company based in Wellington, New Zealand. Formally established in 2015 by Artistic Director Lucy Marinkovich to facilitate her choreographic work, the group's primary mediums are contemporary dance and performance art works. Borderline's projects have been presented in New Zealand in festivals, galleries, shipping containers and site-responsive contexts, and internationally in Spain, Singapore, Malaysia and Croatia.
In 2017 Borderline’s first evening-length work Lobsters premiered at Circa Theatre and was nominated for five Wellington Theatre Awards. Lobsters won Best Ensemble Performance, Best Sound Designer: Lucien Johnson, and the Campion Award for Most Outstanding Performance: Carmel McGlone.
In 2018, Borderline artists Lucy Marinkovich and composer Lucien Johnson were awarded the prestigious Harriet Friedlander New York Residency from The Arts Foundation.
Borderline’s next work Strasbourg 1518 will premiere in the 2020 New Zealand Festival of the Arts, at Wellington’s Circa Theatre.
Borderline has been supported by the Wellington City Council's Creative Communities Scheme and the Public Art Fund, Footnote New Zealand Dance Company, Tarrant Dance Studios, the Todd Foundation, the Asia New Zealand Foundation, The Wallace Arts Trust and Creative New Zealand.
ARTISTS
Lucy Marinkovich
Lucien Johnson
Michael Parmenter
Jeremy Brick
Jana Castillo
Katie Rudd
Poppy Serano
Marcus McShane
Sean MacDonald
Hannah Tasker-Poland
Emmanuel Reynaud
Alex Efimoff
Philip Merry
Michelle Perry-Madsen
Jocelyn Janon
Miranda Manasiadis
Carmel McGlone
Zoe Higgins
Xin Ji
Melana Khabazi
Tess Hall
Josie Archer
Jeremy Beck
Anita Hunziker
Rose Philpott
Jahra 'Rager' Wasasala
Alisha Anderson
Mark Semple
Matthew Moore
Phyllis Xie
Shermaine Heng
Chee Shaw En
Wee Lin
Ada Chia
Vincent Chia
Denise Lim
Liu Wiing
Sabrina Sng
Collectively we like to:
dance
make music
make films
make masks
play with props
collaborate
experiment
research