Natasha Adorlee is an Emmy Award-winning choreographer, filmmaker, composer, and educator based in San Francisco, CA. A first-generation Asian American woman, she was the final Artistic Fellow with Amy Seiwert's Imagery.
She began choreographing in 2016 while building a distinguished dance career with Robert Moses' Kin, ODC/Dance, Kate Weare & Co., and the San Francisco Symphony. After winning more than ten international awards for her acclaimed 2018 short film Take Your Time, she quickly became a sought-after filmmaker, choreographer, and composer.
Natasha studied at SUNY Purchase before graduating from UC Berkeley, after which she was invited to join ODC/Dance. As a performer, she has danced an extensive repertoire and contributed original choreography, sound design, and artistic direction to over 20 ODC/Dance repertory works. Beyond her work with the company, she has created more than 20 original dance-based works spanning stage, film, and immersive performance.
Her recent commissions include pieces for Joffrey Ballet’s Winning Works, Kansas City Ballet, Richmond Ballet, BalletX, Ceprodac (Mexico), Kawaguchi Ballet (Japan), Ballare Carmel, Ballet22, and Imagery. Additionally, she has created original works for Pixar Animation Studios, Oculus, National Geographic, and The New Yorker magazine.
Natasha founded Concept o4 to develop multimedia dance-based experiences that promote greater accessibility to the arts. In 2024, she received the Grand Prize at the Palm Desert Choreography Festival for Blooming Flowers and the Full Moon and was awarded an NEA Grant, a Dresher Fellowship, and a Jacob’s Pillow Choreographic Fellowship.
Currently in a prolific creative period, Natasha shares her expertise in movement and film through Dance on Camera workshops and serves as an Artistic Advisor for Ballet22.