Natalia Palshina is a choreographer and dancer based in Berlin. She graduated with honours from Vienna State Opera ballet academy and since then has been dancing for over 15 years in different projects, festivals and theatres like Vienna States Opera, Staatsbalett Berlin, West Australian Ballet, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz. Today her rich stage experience and divers repertoire –from classical and modern ballet to dance theatre and improvisation – help her to create unique multimedia performances and solo works by crossing genres.
Recent works:
“Guilty Without Guilt” A.Ostrovsky. Choreography for the theatre performance of 3thd Stanislavsky Studio. Theater Rumina, Moscow 19.11.2019
“Foreign body trio”. Concept & Choreography Howool by Beak. Research and dance performance. Expo festival, Berlin 04.05.2019.
“What are they eating with?” multimedia performance. Concept, choreography, dance performance. Collaboration with Konstantin Grouss. Black Theater, Creative Estate Guslitsa, Russia. 10.01.2019
“8 Improvisational Journeys” concept by Sam Marzbani. Dance performance.Meistersaal, Berlin 18.11.2018
“Dancing Poetry” poetic performance. Concept & Choreography.
Cultural Center Come-In, Moscow 15.11.2018
“Game of Tones” multimedia performance. Concept & Choreography,
dance performance. Abakan Philharmonia 24.09.2018
Education
1993 – 1995 Contemporary dance school of Nikolay Ogryzkov
1995 – 2000 Moscow Ballet Academy
2000 – 2002 Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy
Career
2001 Ballets des Jeunes d’Europe, Lubéron
2002 – 2006 Vienna State Opera Ballet
2006 – 2007 Berlin State Ballet
2007 – 2008 West Australian Ballet
2009 – 2012 Theater Regensburg
2012 – 2015 State Theather „Am Gärtnerplatz“, Munich
since 2015 freelance projects
since 2016 member of "MINAMI"
Choreography
Circle Ruins One-act performance, Moscow, Russia
Netz Theater Regensburg, Germany
Sun Festival Architecture-Body-Dance, Moscow, Russia
Openers "Fashion 4Charity", Fashion Week Berlin
Leading & Solo Roles
Clara – „The Nutcracker“ (Ivan Cavallari)
Luisa – „The Nutcracker“ (Patrice Bart)
Olga (with V. Malakhov) – „Onegin“ (John Cranko)
Lilith – „Lilith” (Olaf Schmidt)
Carabosse – „The Sleeping Beauty“ (Karl Schreiner)
Queen of Hearts – „Alice in Wonderland“ (Simon Dow)
Peasants' Pas de deux – „Giselle
Little Swans & Solo Neapolitan Dance – „The Swan Lake“ (Rudolf Nurejew)
The Singing Canary Fairy & Pas de quatre – „The Sleeping Beauty“ (Marius Petipa, Peter Wright)
The Time – „Petrushka“ (Renato Zanella)
The Cat – „Peter and the Wolf“ (Emanuele Soavi)
Desdemona – „Otello“ (Lukas Gaudernak)
„Six Dances” (Jiri Kylian)
„Step Lightly” (Paul Lightfood)
„Theme & Variations” (George Balanchine)
„Allegro Brillante” (George Balanchine)
Other Roles: „Raymonde”; „Triangle”;„Coppelia”; „Sylvia”; „Manon”; „Bajadere”; „La Fille mal gardée”, „How do you like it” - John Neumeyer; „Barocco&Co”, „Exit” & „Oblita Pax” - Vanessa Tamburi; „Spartakus”, „Cinderella”, „Cadetball“, „Beethoven Opus 73” - Renato Zanella; “Romeo and Juliet” - John Cranko; „Night of the Hunter” - Nikolaus Adler; „Carmina Burana” - Olaf Schmidt; „Schlagobers”, „Berlin 1920” - Karl Schreiner; „Arsen” - Jo Stromgen; „Minutemade” - Christopher Roman, Georg Reischl, Marco Goecke, Alexander Ekman, Mauro Astolfi, Antony Rizzi;
Fotos by Sam Marzbani