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Natalie Abbott

A young woman in a large, open industrial space

A young woman in Adidas T-shirt and sweatpants balances a large crash mat on its side in an empty room.

A young woman in a T-shirt struggles to carry a large crash mat on a flight of stairs inside an old industrial building.

Two young women in Adidas shirts struggle to hold up a large crash mat.

Two young women in Adidas shirts fall onto a large crash mat.

Two young women in Adidas shirts kneeling on a large crash mat, reaching to the edges of the mat, smiling.

Two young women in Adidas shirts pulling a large crash mat, grimacing.

A young woman in Adidas sweat pants, wrapped in a large black cloth, leaning backwards and pulling on the cloth, in a large, open industrial building.

A young woman in Adidas sweat pants, with her head and upper body wrapped in a large black cloth, in a large, open industrial building.

A young woman in Adidas sweat pants, wrapped in a large black cloth, pushing and pulling on the cloth, in a large, open industrial building.

A young woman in Adidas T-shirt and sweatpants, her arms outstretched and toe pointed in classical ballet style, on a basic black platform in an old industrial building. A second woman stands onstage, holding a microphone and speaking on a mobile phone.

A young woman in Adidas T-shirt and sweatpants, performing a cartwheel, on a basic black platform in an old industrial building. A second woman stands onstage, holding a microphone and speaking on a mobile phone.

A young woman in Adidas T-shirt and sweatpants, her arms outstretched and toes pointed in classical ballet style, on a basic black platform in an old industrial building.

Natalie Abbott

born 1986 on Gadigal land, Eora nation, Sydney, Australia
lives and works on Dharawal country, Sydney, Australia, in Kulin nation, Naarm (Melbourne), Australia, and Berlin, Germany

Natalie Abbott was a participating artist in the Australian Artists' Residency Program as part of Marina Abramović: In Residence, 2015.

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Natalie Abbott creates sensory performance experiences. She is committed to the idea that everything is choreography, including light, sound, movement and design, and she utilises this vision when devising work. Abbott has been making her own work; touring throughout Europe, Asia and America; and working with independent choreographers and visual artists in Melbourne, the United Kingdom and New York. Natalie is a collaborator for the DEEP SOULFUL SWEATS (fantasy light yoga project) at CHUNKY MOVE, and has recently been invited to FOLA and Next Wave Festival opening party, 2014. She spoke alongside Stelarc on a panel 'ART and the BODY' at the Wheeler Centre for Ideas for the Festival of Live Art in Melbourne.