Natalie Zervou
is a performer and dance scholar interested in the intersections between embodied practices and national identity construction. Currently, Natalie is a lecturer in the Dance Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on dance practices during the recent sociopolitical and financial crises in Greece and explores the ways that performances engage with the current European refugee crisis and respond to the shifting social landscape. Her choreographic work revolves around questions of belonging and migration and has been presented in Athens (Greece), Surrey (UK), Riverside (US), and Amsterdam (Netherlands).