Nat Cursio

Natalie Cur­sio makes dance that chan­nels into two streams: small chore­o­gra­phies that explore, process and com­ment upon issues and ironies around cul­ture and nature; and curated projects that favour expe­ri­en­tial and acces­si­ble plat­forms for audi­ence to engage with con­tem­po­rary per­for­mance. Natalie’s work has been pre­sented in Taipei, Seoul, Busan, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sin­ga­pore, Syd­ney, Can­berra, Ade­laide, Tas­ma­nia and through­out Vic­to­ria. She has been the recip­i­ent of an Asialink Res­i­dency, the Aus­tralian rep­re­sen­ta­tive on the Lit­tle Asia Dance Exchange and a guest lec­turer in chore­og­ra­phy at the Korean National Uni­ver­sity of Arts.

Natalie is also a found­ing mem­ber of Home­less Dance Co, a nomadic com­pany of 5 artists from 5 dif­fer­ent countries. Natalie’s curated projects include With A Bul­let: The Album Project (Arts House 2006, Full Tilt The Arts Cen­tre 2007), Live Clips (for Union House The­atre / Mud­fest 2007), Pri­vate Dances (2010 Next Wave Fes­ti­val) and Action Sta­tions (Camp­bell­town Arts Cen­tre NSW 2011).  Recent chore­o­graphic projects include Recov­ery (with Shan­non Bott and Simon Ellis, in devel­op­ment), Nature Strip (for VCA grad­u­at­ings stu­dents 2008), Six for Gold (for Tas­dance 2008) and the first stage of ‘reverse-mentoring’ project Cross­ing Quar­ters (with Don Asker, John Utans and Fiona Bryant).