Marina Berezowsky

Marina Berezowsky (; 14 March 1914 – 19 June 2011) was a Ukrainian-Australian ballet artist, choreographer, dance teacher.

Biography Early years Marina Narbut was born on 14 March 1914 in Saint Petersburg to the family of Ukrainian graphic artist Heorhiy Narbut, who at that time was part of the artistic movement "World of Art". When Marina was 2 years old, the family returned to Kyiv, Ukraine, where her father soon became co-founder and rector of the first Ukrainian Academy of Arts.

After the death of Heorhiy Narbut (1920) and the defeat of the Ukrainian Revolution, the family remained living in Kyiv.

In an interview for the Australian National Library, Berezowsky recalled that her school teachers were tried in the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine case, which was a shock to her, and the threat of repression in the family was constantly felt due to Heorhiy Narbut's past in the Ukrainian People's Republic. His art works were banned from distribution in the USSR.

After the end of World War II, the Berezowskys lived for another 4 years in a displaced persons camp near Hamburg, where she organized a dance group for girls of various nationalities. There, Soviet agents tried to convince the Berezowskys to return to the USSR, but they refused due to the threat of repressions.