“My Fascination for the Human body, the separate yet deeply connected elements of the physical and spiritual being, first led me through a journey of discovery in the dance world.
Even in the early days, I found myself torn between a longing to move and an urge to observe moments in time captured by the still image.”
FROM DANCE TO VISUAL ARTS
Born and bred in Brussels, Natacha started dancing aged 4 at the Jarrett School of Dance doing Ballet and Jazz. After gaining her European Baccalaureate, Natacha started her professional dance training when she moved to London in 2001 where she gained a BA Honors Degree in Dance performance at Middlesex University and continued to train at London Studio Centre until she joined Gelede Dance, a contemporary dance company based in Oxford.
In 2007 Natacha left Gelede Dance to start working with Turning Worlds (with contemporary choreographer Jane Turner) in London and continued to work with the company until 2020. Jane Turner’s work is experimental, innovative and highly creative, blurring the lines between dance performance and installation art, often involving collaborations with sculptural and sound artists. Since 2014 the company also gained a strong focus on collaborating with photographer and filmmaker Chris Frazer Smith.
In 2008 Natacha started working with an international circus company, Incandescence, and later began training in aerial dance focussing on static trapeze, aerial hoop and silks. Natacha started dancing in Operas in 2010, including the Royal Opera House.
Since becoming a mother in 2010 Natacha started exploring and honing her artistic skills in filmmaking, photography and fine art, with a strong focus on painting.
“Photographing humans, I suppose was more interesting in a dance context because it was more adventurous in terms of composition. Alongside a mild obsession to use my own body in a sculptural way, it made sense to observe others doing the same. But I found the more pedestrian the physicality I was capturing, the more interesting the still image seemed to be.”
Photos taken by Natacha Bisarre
“My artwork is often inspired by the sculptural aspect of the human form, but more recently my abstract work comes from a more emotive starting point, where I aim to represent how it feels to me, rather than what it looks like.”
Photos taken by Natacha Bisarre
“My Film and photography work remain ingrained in a dance and theatre context. I suppose it’s the drama that lures me, not so much in the presentation of a theatrical performance, but in the conflicts and hardships that every performer goes through in their every day, and the constant highs and lows that they inevitably experience. The duality of the performers vulnerability and strength that they display at all times, that is what intrigues me, most probably because I experienced this first hand.”
