Natalia Fernandes is a Brazilian choreographer and performer based in Madrid since 2016. She studied dance at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil and has completed her training with various courses and workshops. Her career includes working as a performer for choreographers from Brazil, Germany, Israel, India and the USA. She has been also working as a contemporary dance teacher since 2013 in different cities in Europe, Africa and America and in 2016, Natalia started a project on body awareness and contemporary dance classes for refugees in Madrid.

Natalia began to explore her own choreography through the project The Oldest Thing in the World, a series of solos that she conceptualized and directed. Now, as a self-titled dance company, Natalia Fernandes has 5 pieces in her repertoire: Anatomy and Strategy which won the 29th Choreographic Competition of Madrid; the solo La Femme Qui Marche, Desnaturaleza, Laberinto which received a grant from the Madrid City Council in 2018, and her newest piece Lingua which has already won an award in the 33rd Choreographic Contest of Madrid. Natalia is currently a performer in the production Gran Bolero by Jesús Rubio and Las Cosas Se Mueven Pero no Dicen Nada by Poliana Lima.

SHOW NOTES:

-Natalia’s instagram & facebook
-Her work we referenced: La Femme Qui Marche, Laberinto (article in spanish), Anatomía & Estrategia, Lingua
-The Oldest Thing in the World (our piece together in Morocco)
-De repente, California by Lulu Santos
-What was Your First Question? Article by Courtney Martin
-Sandra Cisneros On Being interview
-Vipassana meditation and Ho’oponopono meditation

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