Ice and Water – Reflections on Fluidity
“Ice and Water – Reflections on Fluidity” is a research and development project melding handbalancing, spoken word and experimental stage design to explore the ever-changing nature of the elements and the human body. Supported by Jacksons Lane Theatre and The Lyric Theatre Bridport, Natalie is working with director Tina Koch (Ockham's Razor) and choreographer Rosamond Martin to explore the ephemeral quality of water and its role in human life as well as in the environment. The project explores the acrobat’s body in natural and imaginary environments as it sweats, loses water and changes in temperature. It also looks at balance – the constant struggle of a handbalancer – as a bodily state which is fragile and unlikely. As Natalie constantly shifts in and out of balance she interacts with different materials that represent the elements, which change and transform in constant flux. She creates landscapes that are both metaphorical and real, playing with the tension between what is now and the potential loss of it. In the liminal space between here and an imagined future she creates a moving and shifting artwork of movement and spoken word.
Natalie Reckert is a theatre maker integrating robotic movement, spoken word and handbalancing to create full length shows since 2007. A graduate of the National Centre for Circus Arts in London, she undertook a study year at Visions in Motion dance school in Kassel, Germany, in 2009 and has a BA in social sciences from Humboldt University in Berlin. Here solo performance “Selfie with Eggs” toured widely and received four Stars at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Since 2018 she has been working with digital artist Mark Moreau, with whom she made “Natalie Inside Out” in association with the Lowry Theatre in Salford. Her new piece “Stones and Water” is currently in the making. She also teaches handstands on YouTube to a growing audience