Natalie
Hardy
Photo by Asrin Sastradipradja
About
Natalie Hardy is an Australian Contemporary Dancer currently based in Narrm/Melbourne. Natalie is interested in exploring how authentic movement and improvisation influences creative freedom and collaboration. Natalie uses dance as a practice to inform their innovation and resilience with exploring how movement can unlock juxtaposing internal and external mental states. When performing, Natalie aims to use this concept of contrasting awarenesses to interact with audiences in a unique, active, and collaborative way to showcase the benefits of dance.
Natalie is currently completing their third and final year of a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) at The Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne. They will graduate late November 2025. They have also been accepted into the UC STEP program for a Secondary Teaching Masters degree from 2026-2027 at the University of Canberra. ​​
Photo credits: Asrin Sastradipradja (2025)
Attentional focus in kinesiology terms, as researched by Clare Guss-West (2021), affects how a dancer learns choreography, retains sense memory, and accesses artistic performative qualities.
- Natalie’s artistic development is inspired by how the brain reacts to movement -
Photographs by Asrin Sastradipradja (2025)
@a.sas_photography