Name: Marina Zhao FC: Lucy Liu Age: 35 Position: Soloist 2-3 +traits: attentive, focused, maternal 2-3 -traits: blunt, pessimistic, nosy
-originally from San Francisco -second youngest of six children -her family moved around a lot when she was a child, and she never made friends easily -she started dance classes at six years old and immediately fell in love with ballet. she decided pretty quickly that she wanted to be a professional dancer -when she finished high school, her parents told her that if she didn’t get into any companies, she had to go to college instead. she pointed out that she was just going to study dance in college and audition again later, but she couldn’t change their minds. -she got into Julliard’s dance program and was seriously considering attending, but found out shortly afterward that she’d been offered a contract with the Boston-Cambridge Ballet, so she took that offer instead. -she spent eight years in the corps, and was promoted to soloist at 25. -she’s been so focused on dance, she’s never really given herself much time for a social life outside of the company. -she’s 5′7″ -she took piano lessons for a few years in middle and high school, but dropped it to focus more on ballet instead