Natasha Adorlee
(415) 218-7257
NatashaAdorlee@gmail.com
@NatashaAdorlee
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Summary
I am a Regional Emmy Award-winning creative with over 15 years of experience as a professional dancer, musician, choreographer, and filmmaker. With a passion for creation, innovation, and community, I strive to be a multimedia powerhouse, facilitating and elevating innovative dance creations that serve the greater dance community through access and equity.
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Professional Experience
AMY SEIWERT’S IMAGERY (2022-2024)
ARTISTIC FELLOW
• 2024 Commission of Blooming Flowers & the Full Moon- evening-length version with 3-D projection mapping
• 2024 Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Performance for Blooming Flowers & the Full Moon Duet
• 2023 Commission of Blooming Flowers & the Full Moon
• 2022 Commission of Liminal Space
• Administrative and Artistic Development
• NEA Grant for Development of New Tech Work
• Women of Color in the Arts Member
ODC/DANCE COMPANY (2011-2020)
ARTIST ASSOCIATE
• Rehearsal Director
• In-house Sound Design and Music Editing
• Contributed original choreography in Repertory works. Most notably:
Breathing Underwater (2012)
Transit (2012)
Triangulating Euclid (2013)
boulders and bones (2013)
Lifesaving Maneuvers (2013)
Dead Reckoning (2015)
The Invention of Wings with Ai Weiwei (2015)
Walk Back the Cat (2016)
Giant (2018)
What We Carry, What We Keep (2018)
Path of Miracles (2018)
News of the World (2018)
Mixtape (2020)
*Creating choreography for the company is part of an ODC Dancer’s duties.
DANCER
•Winner: 2014 Isadora Duncan Award (Two if By Sea)
•Nomination: 2017 Isadora Duncan Award (Giant)
INDEPENDENT CHOREOGRAPHIC COMMISSIONS & RESIDENCIES (2019-PRESENT)
BALLETX
•2024 Commission of Got Soul with Grammy-Nominated singer, Jac Ross
JOFFREY BALLET ACADEMY
• 2023 Winning Works Choreographic Competition Awardee and Commission for Momoda
JACOB’S PILLOW FELLOWSHIP
• 2023 Choreographic Fellowship for the creation of I don’t want to hurt you, but it’s still on my list
CRESCENT MOON THEATER
• 2024 Movement Direction for New Play at Shotgun Players
TULSA BALLET
• 2025 Commission of new work
BOULDER BALLET
• 2025 Commission of new work
HOUSTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY
• 2025 Commission of new work
NEW BALLET
• 2026 Commission of new work
BALLET22
• 2024 Commission of intimité révélée partnered with San Francisco Dance Film Festival
• 2024 Queer Dance Film Festival winner of Best Ensemble Award
UC SANTA BARBARA
• 2024 Commission of Restaging of Momoda (Kiss Kiss)
TRISTIAN GRIFFIN DANCE COMPANY
•2024 Commission for Half-Light
HOUSTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY
• 2024 Commission of new work
ALONZO KING’S LINES TRAINING PROGRAM- Summer
• 2024 Commission of Ritual
BALLARE CARMEL DANCE COMPANY
• 2024 Choreographic Commission of New Work and Restaging of Blooming Flowers and the Full Moon
SJDanceCo.
•2024 Commission of Meraki
HEDWIG DANCES
•2024 Commission of Kin
KANSAS CITY BALLET
•2024 Commission for Komorebi in the New Moves Festival
ROBERT MOSES’ KIN
•2024 Commission for Anthropos, One Act: Legacies
OAKLAND BALLET COMPANY
•2024-2025 Commission for Angel Island Oratorio
BALLETX
•2024 Choreographic Incubator Residency (development of new ideas)
ALONZO KING’S LINES TRAINING PROGRAM
• 2023 Commission of White Flag
BALLARE CARMEL DANCE COMPANY
• 2023 Choreographic Fellowship and Commission for Saudade
KAWAGUCHI BALLET (Nagoya, Japan)
• 2023 Choreographic Commission of Con La Luna for Winter Gala
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
• 2023 Commission of evening-length work My Heart in Human Form (我心人形)
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CONSERVATORY
• 2023 Commissions of two solos for YAGP
LAKE TAHOE DANCE COLLECTIVE
• 2023 Choreographic Restaging of Laytana
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CONSERVATORY
• 2023 Commission of Spectra
CEPRODAC (Mexico City, Mexico)
• 2022 Commission of La Matriz. Choreography and Direction for the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City
BALLET22
• 2022 Choreographic Commission for Laytana
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
• 2022 Re-Staging of The Joy of Being and Eden
YERBA BUENA GARDENS FESTIVAL
• 2021 Choreographic Commission of Eden
RAW DANCE: CONCEPT SERIES
• 2018 Commission of The Joy of Being
MARK DE CLIVE LOWE
• 2019 Choreography and Creative Direction Commission for Heritage
PUSH DANCE FESTIVAL
• 2019 Choreography creation Hyperbolic
ADDITIONAL DANCER POSITIONS (2008-2024)
KATE WEARE & COMPANY
• 2016 Guest Dance Performer for 10th Season at BAM
ROBERT MOSES’ KIN
• Company Dancer and National Tours 2008-2011
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
• Principal Dancer and Casting Director 2014-2024
FILM PROJECTS (2014-PRESENT)
AXIS DANCE COMPANY (FILM DIRECTOR)
• 2024 Creation of a new film with Kayla Hamilton
BALLET22 (DIRECTOR)
• 2024 Commission of intimité révélée
• 2024 Premiere at Spring SFDFF as Co-Lab Feature
PIXAR’S OUT (MUSIC COMPOSER)
• 2021 Shortlist for Oscars Short Film Animation Category
• Creation of Original Song, Music Production
THE DROMER (CHOREOGRAPHER, DIRECTOR)
• 2024-2025 Original Short Film, Choreography and Direction
POINTE A2B (CHOREOGRAPHER, DIRECTOR)
• Dance Short featuring high skill cinematography and camera design
• Official Selection: SFDFF, Red Rock Festival, Cannes Short Film Festival, and aGliff
BASEBALLET: INTO THE GAME (MUSIC COMPOSER, DANCER)
• Winner: 2018 Emmy Award (Arts/Entertainment/Special)
• Writer/Composer, Original Song (A Thousand Moons)
TAKE YOUR TIME (CHOREOGRAPHER, DIRECTOR)
• Multi-Award-Winning Dance Film
• Official Selection: Over 20 International Film Festivals
• Winner Best Short at The San Francisco International Film Festival
NEW YORKER MAGAZINE (CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCER)
• 2017 A Decade of Viral Dance Moves Choreography and Dancer
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCER)
• 2014 King Herod’s Tomb Choreography and Dancer
ROCKSMITH + (DIRECTOR)
• Director of Film for Ubisoft Editorial Department 2019-2023
CONCEPT o4 (2014-PRESENT)
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
•Creation of Immersive Production In the Woods Again, Again
•Creation of Immersive Production sponsored by Toto, Dream Rearranging
•Original Choreographic Commissions for Hexagon, Oculus, Etage, Sleep Train, and Overlap
•Creation of Dance Film workshops
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Teaching Resume
JOFFREY BALLET ACADEMY
CONTEMPORARY CLASS
• Master Class level workshop
CITY DANCE SF
CONTEMPORARY CLASS
• Weekly open class for the community of all ages and skill levels
• Focus on functional movement and blend of dance styles
ALONZO KING’S LINES BALLET
WORKSHOPS & TEENS PROGRAM
• Dance on Camera Workshops for teens and adults
• Dance on Camera Workshops for Lines Training Program
•Training Program MasterClass
• Teen choreography and film intensives with performances
ODC/DANCE
WORKSHOPS & MASTERCLASSES
• Launch of the Dance on Camera workshop for different age groups in different sessions
•Community outreach and national touring classes taught to all skill levels in contemporary dance
ROCO DANCE & FITNESS
TEEN CONTEMPORARY & BALLET CLASSES
• Launch of the Dance on Camera workshop for different age groups in different sessions
•Creation of two original pieces for end of year showcase
SFUSD
COMMUNITY OUTREACH CLASSES
• Teaching a rotation of schools about dance in community assemblies and demonstrations
•Organzing talent show with the students to culminate learning
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Awards
2024 Zaccho Air Residency Award
2024 Queer Dance Film Festival winner of Best Ensemble Award
2024 Palm Desert Choreographic Competition Selection
2024 Fitz Artist Residency Award
2024 Isadora Duncan Dance Award for BFFM
2024 Steps Beyond Foundation Award NYC
2023 Dresher Residency Award
2023 BalletX Fellowship Finalist
2023 Princess Grace Awards Finalist
2023 Joffrey Ballet Winning Works Award
2023 NEA Grant
2023 Ballare Carmel Choreography Fellowship
2023 Princess Grace Awards Shortlist
2022 Artistic Fellowship Amy Seiwert’s Imagery
2022 Encore Shorts San Francisco Dance Film Festival
2021 Oscar’s Shortlist for Out
2018 Regional Emmy Award
2017 Best Short San Francisco Dance Film Festival
2017 Best Short SF Indie Fest
2017 Festival Favs Mill Valley Film Festival
2014 Isadora Duncan Dance Award for ODC/Dance
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Skills
Music Composition
Film Production
Video Editing
Community Organizing
Leadership
Design and Set Creation
Vocal Performance
Creative Problem Solving
Versatile Movement
Adobe and Final Cut
Interactive Visual Design
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Education
UC Berkeley / BA English
Alonzo King’s Lines Training Program
American Ballet Theatre Summer Program
SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance
CHOREOGRAPHER | FILMMAKER | COMPOSER | EDUCATOR
