Nathaniel Moore is a dan­ce artist based in Brussels wor­king bet­ween cho­re­o­grap­hy, per­for­man­ce, and artis­tic research. From 2020 – 2022 they par­ti­ci­pa­ted in a.pass artis­tic research pro­gram, researching ghosts, spe­cu­la­ti­ve soma­tics, and soci­al haun­tings. Their per­for­man­ce work often deals with the­mes of alie­na­ti­on, whi­te­ness, power, and fra­gi­li­ty. Their work has been sup­por­ted by wpZimmer, deSingel, Horst Art & Music Festival, Zinnema, Needcompany, Cinemaximiliaan, MetaRage, De Kriekelaar, Danspunt, New Polyphonies, Ponderosa, Circo Zero, Joe Goode Annex, HISK, and SoAP. They are a resi­dent artist at Needcompany Mills, and artist in resi­den­ce in the G.Incubator pro­gram at MetaRage. They are a mem­ber of the artist-Commons col­lec­ti­ve spa­ce in Brussels.

Nathaniel atten­ded the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities stu­dying dan­ce and gen­der, Women’s, sexu­a­li­ties stu­dies, gra­du­a­ted from Canada’s roy­al Winnipeg bal­let, and recei­ved fur­ther edu­ca­ti­on from the San Francisco expe­ri­men­tal dan­ce com­mu­ni­ty, name­ly Sara Shelton Mann and Keith Hennessy, whom they still col­la­bo­ra­te with today.

Their recent pro­jects inclu­de: The Terms of Dance (2023 – 24), which gat­he­red 18 pro­fes­si­o­nal dan­ce artists around Paz Rojo’s book ​“To dan­ce in the age of no futu­re,” to ask how dan­ce emer­ges and main­tains itself in the con­text of per­for­man­ce art. Two cura­ti­ons: Becoming Archive (2023) Tanzland fes­ti­val at Ponderosa which invi­ted par­ti­ci­pants to reper­form and cre­a­te anew the archi­ve of the spa­ce , and PLOTTING (2024), a fes­ti­val of queer and expe­ri­men­tal dan­ce. In col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with Haamed Deqhan Nathaniel cre­a­ted Tanin (2023 – 25), a par­ti­ci­pa­to­ry per­for­man­ce work around a dan­ce in exi­le. They cre­a­ted TripSitting a Cuddle Space (2024) with Keith Hennessy, a queer slow and inti­ma­te duet fol­lo­wing the trans­mis­si­on of desi­re and trau­ma bet­ween inter­ge­ne­ra­ti­o­nal bodies. Nathaniel also cre­a­ted numerous one off per­for­man­ces in DIY and artist run spa­ces around Brussels in per­for­man­ces such as DeathZine (2022), REGURGISCORE (2023), and ONS in 2024 (2024).

Nathaniel might be a trou­ble­ma­ker, a mother, an unem­ploy­ed cult lea­der wit­hout a fol­lo­wing, a sto­ry­tel­ler, sha­pes­hif­ter, a per­son who wants to sup­port you and who is against most mora­lis­ms in art prac­ti­ce. They are one of many, along a wave, wor­king in tan­dem with many who hope this world can be a bet­ter place.