Lydia Marbach is from Kingwood, Texas and danced with a pre-professional company there. She performed in the Regional Dance America festivals yearly. She did gymnastics before committing to dance full-time. She did the Young! Tanzommer Tour around Austria, Germany, and Italy. She graduated from the University of Arizona where she performed many masterworks from choreographers including: Christopher Wheeldon, George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, and Ben Stevenson. Her favorite style of dance is contemporary.