Natasha Freedman is a director with a socially engaged applied theatre practice crafted through years of working with Complicite and the Laboratoire d'Etude du Mouvement.
She has been commissioned to lead projects for Tate, the National Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal College of Art, Central St Martin's, London College of Fashion, Thinking through Drawing, and the National Film and Television School, nurturing critical and creative thinking and attention to what's present and alive.
She works independently and in collaboration with visual artists, designers and writers, including Neil Baker, Angie Brew, Reem Charif and Viyki Turnbull, delivering workshops, residencies and course modules for students and professionals, co-creating new work and publications.
Through a playful spirit of enquiry, she is interested in supporting people to tune into different ways of knowing to nourish human interaction and connection with the world around us.
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In the Eye of the Storm
A series of workshops for primary and secondary school teachers inspired by the vibrant period of artistic experimentation in Ukraine in the early 20th century
for the Royal Academy of Arts Learning programme
20 & 27 September 2024
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Murmur
A weekend of collaborative listening and drawing at RSPB Minsmere attending to what birds are telling us and tuning into the interconnections between humans and birds. Part of an ongoing creative enquiry into the impacts of a changing climate, habitat degradation and biodiversity loss in collaboration with Brew Drawing
11 & 12 May 2024
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The Lab
An afternoon to practice holding uncertain spaces, gently explore our edges and play with not knowing. In collaboration with Neil Baker
20 April 2024
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Dialogue of energies
A series of workshops for teachers and arts professionals exploring performance as a practice and the performer-audience encounter, inspired by the work of Marina Abramović.
for the Royal Academy of Arts Learning programme
20 Oct & 17 Nov 2023
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Writing what we hear
A one day exploration of embodied listening in Highgate Woods as inspiration for writing and leaning into the stories that need to be told. In collaboration with Neil Baker and Dark Angels
8 Sep 2023
