Natalie Reckert studied at the National Centre for Circus Arts in London from 2004 - 2007 where she received a comprehensive education in dance and theatre and specialised in handbalancing.
In 2009 she undertook a study year at Visions in Motion Dance School in Kassel/Germany researching the integration of contemporary dance and acrobatics.
As a handbalancer she has performed in variety shows like GOP and has toured internationally with the Generating Company, Stumble Dance Circus and Sugar Beast Circus.
She has collaborated with many leading artists in the field of contemporary circus including Finnish aerialist Ilona Jäntti and Company Collectif and Then.
In 2014 she created her own full-length solo performance Selfie with Eggs, a highly skilled one-woman experiment to test the limits of the body and the choice to use your body as your art and instrument. Selfie with Eggs had a successful run at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and continues to tour internationally.
One of her most recent works is Natalie Inside Out, a performance combining live acrobatics, interactive technologies and video projection. This collaboration with digital artist Mark Morreau investigates the relationship between the actual and the mediatised body.
Natalie is also a well known teacher offering workshops and developing coaching concepts. More recently she shares her expertise and vast knowledge on handstand training through her popular YouTube tutorials and Online courses. The content of her online courses range from classes for absolute beginners to professionals continuing and improving their handstand technique and training.
Continuing studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin she wrote her dissertation about the effects of upper body training on the body image of women in circus in 2017.
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