Marzanna
2016 - Director : Barua, Owa
Choreographer(s) : Barua, Natalia (United Kingdom)
Present in collection(s): Centre de Vidéo Danse de Bourgogne
Video producer : Natalia & Owa Barua
Marzanna
2016 - Director : Barua, Owa
Choreographer(s) : Barua, Natalia (United Kingdom)
Present in collection(s): Centre de Vidéo Danse de Bourgogne
Video producer : Natalia & Owa Barua
Marzanna
Barua, Natalia
Natalia has worked in participation as a practitioner, facilitator and producer for nearly a decade – designing, leading and supporting community-focused and professional projects. Natalia offers inclusive and integrated sessions and specialises in working with children and young people and groups with specialist needs.
Natalia has developed and delivered high-quality dance projects with vulnerable young people, for adults experiencing mental health issues, worked for charities such as Mencap and NACRO, in primary, secondary and SEN schools across England and Scotland, facilitated social development programmes in deprived communities and has been employed by leading dance organisations including East London Dance, English National Ballet School, YDance and Royal Academy of Dance’s Step Into Dance programme. Natalia works with children’s theatre organisation, Lyra as Engagement Artist and her work designing and delivering their lockdown programme received the Creative Edinburgh 2020 Award.
Natalia was Co-Director for Diverse Dance, an inclusive community dance organisation from 2013 – 2017. Her choreographic work with their young people was performed at venues such as LOST Theatre, Siobhan Davies Dance Studios, Southbank Centre (Unlimited Festival) and Big Dance Bus.
Aside from her productions with children and young people, her videodance and community-focused practices have most recently come together during residence with COAST youth dance company (PDSW), and leading screendance workshops at Dance North as part of Inverness Film Festival. In 2017 Natalia led a 2-week videodance project for young people at the prestigious Roundhouse and in 2016 worked with Stratford Circus Arts Centre on a dance film project with young offenders.
Natalia frames her sessions under a model of the teacher as ‘facilitator’ and encourages participants in her class to take ownership of movement and choreography via working creatively and motivating individual expression through improvisation and play. She embeds Contemporary, West African, and Streetdance styles within her creative sessions. For settings more focused on technical development for participants, Natalia’s sessions are based on somatic approaches to floorwork and release technique, contact/partnering work and imagery.
More information: nataliabarua.com
Barua, Owa
Marzanna
Choreography : Natalia Barua
Interpretation : Natalia Barua
Original music : Alex Kubotha
Video conception : Réalisation, images, montage : Owa Barua - Réalisation : Natalia Barua
Sound : Design sonore : Owa Barua
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