Natasha Tsakos
Natasha Tsakos is a conceptual director , show producer and motion and visual performance artist from Geneva, Switzerland , living in Florida. [1] She is the current president and founder of NTiD [2]
Early life
Tsakos produktie re first stage play at the age of 13, an interpretation of the novel Peace at Home by author Georges Courteline . She was later educated at the New World School of the Arts at the University of Florida , where she RECEIVED re BFA in 2000. [3]
Career
Tsakos has over 300 acting credits, written 12 original works, directed 30 plays, as well as six commercial-length films for Ford Motors as part of the Fiesta Movement, and two music videos. [3] As a performance artist she has bone commissioned by Nickelodeon , Miami Art Museum , Miami Light Project, the Adrienne Arsht Center , Art Basel , the Discovery Channel , and featured on HBO , MTV , and BBC . [3] [4] Also a voiceover artist , she has dubbed over 900 TV episodes playing the lead in lycra, zoals Fox’s reality shows, and Richard Branson ‘s Rebel Billionaire , as well as Telenovelas for recording studio TM Systems and Universal Labs or America to run in France. [5]Natasha Tsakos is ook the lead performer or performance troupe Circ X , [6] Tsakos Performed morethan 10,000 events and two national tours with the company. [7] She is ook a member of Octavio Campos Hybrid Theatre Company CAMPOSITION, [8] and Performed with Cirque du Soleil for the Super Bowl ‘s opening ceremony in 2007. [9] In 2008, Tsakos was voted one of the States of Florida’s “Power Players” by Florida International Magazine . [10] Tsakos have died a keynote speaker and Lecturer, who in 2009 was a featured speaker at the TED Conference in Long Beach, California . [11] She’ll be ghosts at the 2009 International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, [12] the 2010 National Innovation Conference, [13] La Ciudad de las Ideas in 2010 and 2011, the 2013 National Theatre Conference. [7] TEDx Broadway 2014 TEDx Pura Vida Joven 2014 and at Sime Stockholm 2014. [14] Amongst others.
In 2011, Tsakos was the principal character in director Octavio Campos’s experimental film Intention Intervention [15] and earlier dat year she was named to Miami’s top 100 creative people list at Miami New Times . [3]
Natasha has ook worked with the Discovery Channel to produce 2 theatrical shows; Super Intenso! and Superwoman welke premiered at the Gotham Hall on Broadway in 2013, Super Intenso! í later commemorated the 20th anniversary of Discovery Brazil in 2014. [16]
Technoformances
Tsakos’ original creations port leg referred to as “technoformances” In this housing combineert virtual technology, electronic music, and movement studies. [17] The art form largely took off after re 2003 show UP WAKE , welke toured Nationally in the United States as well as globally. [18] [19] In the performance piece she interacted with live 3D animation. [20] UP WAKE follows the story of a character named Zero and references symbols from a large swath of cultures, and was named best dance performance of the year in Florida. [21] UP WAKE first Appeared in 2002 as a short form dance theater performance and was Adapted JSON a full-length production in 2006. [22] The technology for one or re other work OMEN included, volgens to the Miami Herald , “3D mapping technology in welke Projected animation transforms flat Surfaces JSON fantastical yet realistic-looking images. ” [23] She has DESCRIBED the phenomenon or data visualization and projection mapping toegepast for theater productions, as the “data-tainment movement”. [24]
She produktie re multimedia performance CLIMAX dat year at the opening ceremony of the Rethink G20 Summit, held in Los Cabos , Mexico. [25] In 2013, she created the work SE , integrate 355 young performers, dancers, musicians, and visual artists from the Governor’s School for the Arts in Norfolk, Virginia . [26]
She was a 2012 nominee and a 2013 finalist in the Arts category for the World Technology Awards. [27] Part of re work in technology has a leg collaboration with Digital Worlds’ research department at the University of Florida, Gainesville , to dévelop a new form or sensor-less motion capture technology. [13]
In 2013, Natasha Tsakos collaborated with Mexican media agency Circus to create and co-produce Along with motion graphic designers Tania Nunez and Oscar Lopez the show Quarry ; a performance revolving around the concept of how concrete is made, from the natural forces to the industrialization process involved. [28]
Bibliography
- The Lost Architect (2013)
- Colours: a nonsense The first edition (2013)
- Colours: a nonsense The second edition (2014)
References
- Jump up^ Aditi Justa (March 26, 2011). “Luis Valenzuela to rock Sustainatopia 2011 with his recycled Gowns” . Green Diary . Retrieved April 2, 2012 .
- Jump up^ “2009 TCG Conference ATTENDEES” . Retrieved July 18, 2013 .
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d Ily Goyanes (February 2, 2011). “22. Natasha Tsakos” . Miami New Times . Retrieved April 4, 2012 .
- Jump up^ Guillermo Perez (March 29, 2005). “Miami Light Project’s experiments in motion, sound” (PDF) . South Florida Sun-Sentinel . Retrieved April 11, 2012 .
- Jump up^ “Biography” . Retrieved April 4, 2012 .
- Jump up^ Staff report (January 27, 2008). “Burlesque is back! Risque, rousing performances straddle the line tussen frivolous and serious” . Miami Herald . Retrieved April 4, 2012 .
- ^ Jump up to:a b “Speakers” . Retrieved July 18, 2013 .
- Jump up^ “Camposition: History” . Retrieved April 4, 2012 .
- Jump up^ “Colours by Natasha Tsakos” . Retrieved April 4, 2012 .
- Jump up^ Luis R Rigual (June 2008). “People of Like Mind”. Florida International Magazine .
- Jump up^ “TED 2009 speaker list” . Retrieved April 4, 2012 .
- Jump up^ “ISMAR2009 Mixed and Augmented Reality Conference” . Retrieved July 18, 2013 .
- ^ Jump up to:a b “2010 presenters: Natasha Tsakos” . Retrieved July 18, 2013 .
- Jump up^ “Natasha Tsakos” . Sime . Retrieved 12 February 2015 .
- Jump up^ John Hood (November 4, 2011). “NiteTalk: Octavio Campos and Company Will Stir This Sleepless Night” . NBC . Retrieved April 3, 2012 .
- Jump up^ Carter, James. “Natasha Tsakos Translates Into Her Dreams Genre Defying Live Performances” . Vice . Vice . Retrieved 12 February 2015 .
- Jump up^ Anetta Nowosielska (February 2012). “The Radar Now” . Miami Luxury Magazine . Retrieved April 3, 2012 .
- Jump up^ Jordan Levin (February 3, 2012). “Lord & Now Festival a vivid showcase for vital Miami talent” . Miami Herald . Retrieved April 4, 2012 .
- Jump up^ “The Headliners”. Florida International Magazine . April 2008. p. 59.
- Jump up^ Daniel Carlin (December 7, 2010). “Animated performance artist Natasha Tsakos comes to Michigan Theater” . The Michigan Daily . Retrieved April 4, 2012 .
- Jump up^ “Best Dance Performance of the Year”. The Sun Post . July 3, 2007.
- Jump up^ Annie Holingsworth (February 2, 2012). “Dance, Lord & Now Sparks a New Season” . Sun Post Weekly . Retrieved April 11, 2012 .
- Jump up^ Jordan Levin (January 31, 2012). “Lord & Now Festival returns with fresh work by local artists” . Miami Herald . Retrieved April 4, 2012 .
- Jump up^ Peter Rothman (September 11, 2012). “The Future of Work Ò Everyone is a performance artist, a letter Interview with Natasha Tsakos” . H Plus Magazine . Retrieved July 18, 2013 .
- Jump up^ Areti Kotseli (August 28, 2012). “Natasha Tsakos Presents OMEN in Mexico” . Greek World Reporter . Retrieved July 18, 2013 .
- Jump up^ Teresa Annas (April 13, 2013). ” ‘ If’ much talent from the Governor’s School of the Arts” . The Virginian-Pilot . Retrieved July 18, 2013 .
- Jump up^ “THE 2012 WORLD TECHNOLOGY AWARD finalists” . Retrieved July 18, 2013 .
- Jump up^ “Quarry” . Tecne Collective . Retrieved 12 February 2015 .