Natalia Fernandes

I am a Brazilian performer and creator based in Spain since 2017. My dance training developed within the university context (UNICAMP) and the contemporary scene in São Paulo. Additionally, there are my experiences with various choreographers in Germany, Israel, Spain, India, etc., and my experience as a creator and teacher in countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the USA. In 2017, I began my research into the Invented Anatomy method and my authorial work in Spain, where I have already collaborated with Jesús Rubio Gamo, Celso Gimenéz/La Tristura, Poliana Lima, among others. My most recent creation, El Carnaval No És Alegre – TINY-DESK, premiered at the TNT Festival 2023 and at Conde Duque – Madrid. In the dynamic balance between my work as a performer, teaching practice, and the creation of my autonomous projects is where my body dances.

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Last project in residence

UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT is a project born from the investigation of the practical methodology Anatomía Inventada (Invented Anatomy) or how to have a dancer’s body: a practice that understands the body as a discourse, works on the mechanical-imagination mechanism, and dwells between sweat and thought (and vice versa). Understanding the stage as a fundamental part of the study of the body, this project aims to bring part of the Anatomía Inventada research to the stage, focusing on the idea of observing the dancing body. The stage proposal centers on the observing body, the gaze that defines, offering a provocation that helps us analyze how we observe bodies, while understanding our limitations and blindness in seeing what we look at. Are we all seeing the same thing?

Residency archive Graner

  • 2025 · crossed-residency at CAMPUS PCS Porto · Objeto Não Identificado (with the support of the Institut Ramon Llull as part of its international residency support program).
  • 2024 · Public call for proposals, practical methodologies category · Invented Anatomy or How to Have a Dancer’s Body