Natasha Adorlee
Contemporary
Natasha Adorlee is an Emmy Award-winning choreographer, filmmaker, composer, and educator. A first-generation Asian American woman, she is currently the Artistic Fellow with Amy Sewiert's Imagery.
Natasha began choreographing in 2016 while maintaining an award-winning dance career with ODC/Dance, Kate Weare and Co., and The San Francisco Symphony. After winning over ten international awards for her acclaimed short film "Take Your Time" in 2018, she has been a sought-after filmmaker, choreographer, and composer ever since. Her unique blend of skills in these mediums, with her diverse dance training in classical Western forms and multiple forms of martial arts and street dance (vernacular dance), make her a complete and fully-encompassed artistic force.
After attending SUNY Purchase and graduating from UC Berkeley, Natasha was invited to join ODC/Dance. As a performer, Natasha has danced a vast repertoire of works and contributed original choreography, sound design, and art direction to over 20+ ODC/Dance repertory works.
Natasha has created over 20 original dance-based works- spanning stage, film, and immersive performance mediums. Most recently, she was commissioned to create for Joffrey Ballet's Winning Works, Kansas City Ballet, BalletX, Ceprodac (Mexico), Kawaguchi Ballet (Japan), Ballare Carmel, Ballet22, Jacob's Pillow, and Imagery. In addition to working for dance companies, Natasha has created original work for Pixar Animation Studios, Occulus, National Geographic, and New Yorker Magazine.
With an eye for innovation and technology, Natasha founded Concept o4 to create multimedia dance-based experiences advocating for more accessibility to the art form for people from every walk of life.
Awarded an NEA Grant, Dresher Fellowship, and Jacob's Pillow Choreographic Fellowship in 2023, Natasha is continuing to pursue a prolific creation period while sharing her deep knowledge of movement and film with the greater community through Dance on Camera workshops and a soon-to-be online course. She also is serving as an Artistic Advisor for Ballet22.