Natacha Dielsā work combines choreographed movement, improvisation,
video, instrumental practice, and cynical play to create worlds of curiosity and
unease. Recent activities include Papillon and the Dancing Cranes, for construction
cranes (Borealis Festival 2018), and Beautiful Trouble, a forthcoming TV mini-series
of music videos and performances with the JACK Quartet (2019-20). With a focus on
collaboration, collage, and the ritual of art as life, Natachaās compositions have
been described as āa fairy tale for a fractured worldā (Music We Care About).
Natacha is a member of the composer/performer collective Ensemble Pamplemousse (est.
2003) and the performance duo On Structure (est. 2009). Pamplemousse specializes in
unique aspects of new music composition, from complex virtuosic instrumental
performance to experimental theatre to electronic and robotic performance. On
Structure is a sound-centric highly choreographed paradoxically improvisatory
collaboration project, performing whenever travel paths collide. Natacha teaches
composition and computer music at the University of California, San Diego.
