Mariana Bekerman
Director, Festival Curation
mariana@danceparade.org

Mariana Bekerman was born in the Ukraine and emigrated with her family to NYC in 1979. After graduating from LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts, she received her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1996. After receiving her degree, Bekerman danced and choreographed for various companies, resorts, choreographers, off-off Broadway plays, and music artists. In 2000, she founded the Mariana Bekerman Dance Company and has since choreographed more than twenty original dances for her company that have been presented at more than 35 venues and festivals. In addition to her work for and with the14-member MBDC, she continues to free-lance as a dancer and choreographer for other artists and productions, and assists with the production of other dance concerts and events in and around New York City.