about
— About
Nathalie Jonas is a teacher, choreographer, and scholar with over twenty years of experience in her field. She is currently a doctoral student in dance at Texas Woman’s University where she is studying modes of collective performance encompassing carnival, protest, and mourning rituals. Through her writing, as well as her work as a practitioner of dance, she engages with the overall question of adaptation and resilience in the context of political, social, and environmental disruption. Nathalie is also certified in the Feldenkrais Method.
Nathalie's training began at the prestigious Booker T. Washington arts magnet high school in Dallas, Texas, and continued at Barnard College, where she subsequently served on the faculty for over ten years. She also served on the faculty at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts. Her career as a performer was centered for fifteen years in New York City and includes work with choreographers such as Jodi Melnick, Roseanne Spradlin, Heather Kravas, Luis Lara Malvacias, Amy Cox, Juliette Mapp, and Daria Faïn.
Nathalie studied as well at the Feldenkrais Institute in Manhattan, and her approach to movement—both as a teacher and a choreographer—finds inspiration in her ongoing work as a certified Feldenkrais practitioner. Nathalie received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she also completed a thesis on the intersection of anarchism and dance.
Some recent videos are posted here. You can reach Nathalie by email here. Or here on Instagram. Click here for a full CV.
