Natalie Fend (AT)

is a dancer, choreographer and interdisciplinary artist, born in Feldkirch in 1989. She received her training in contemporary dance at the MUK Vienna (Choreography – Dance – Pedagogy) and stage dance at the Conservatoire Jean – Philippe Rameau in Dijon. Further education at Schule des Theaters Wien and Complete Vocal Academy Copenhagen.
Natalie Fend developed her essential language of movement in the confrontation with different dance cultures, journeys and the space inherent in them. “The body is an instrument that knows everything, just listen.“
Most diverse projects brought Natalie, in addition to German-speaking countries, among others to Palestine and Israel (EXILE 2011 – Royston Maldoom), Cardiff – Wales (In between 2013 with tangentCOLLABORATIONS), Zimbabwe – Africa (Do you Yodel? 2015 – Dschungel Vienna) Venice – Italy (Synthome score 2015 by Dora Garcia – Biennale). Travels to New York, Cuba, Mexico, Brazil and Copenhagen, among others, always resulted in exchanges with other artists* and acted as a source of inspiration for further works. She has also created numerous projects in the Vorarlberg region, including at the Johanniterkirche Feldkirch, Spielboden Dornbirn, Kunsthaus Bregenz and in public spaces as part of the Bregenz Spring Festival.
After a joint project at the Burgenländer Klangfrühling 2016, Natalie has been collaborating with musician and composer Florian Willeitner (DE) and Pool of Invention (POI) since 2018. They created the following projects so far: Mozart in the Wind, a dance concert invited by Rolando Villazón as part of Mozartwoche 2020 and premiered at SZENE Salzburg. Non Animum, a short film project nominated at the Regensburg Film Festival 2020 and Erwachen, a choreography in public space as part of Bregenzer Frühling 2019. In addition to her own projects, Natalie has danced in choreographies by Renate Graziadei, Blenard Azizaj, Ulduz Ahmazadeh, Aleksandra Vohl and Silvia Salzmann. Also in projects by Johannes Rausch, Brigitte Walk, Dora Garcia, Theater Mutante, Bregenzer Festspiele, and Theater an der Wien.
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