Natasha Katz

Biography

She has designed extensively for theater, opera, dance, concerts and permanent lighting installations around the world. Her work in dance incudes lighting for The Royal Ballet in London, The American Ballet Theatre, The Joffrey Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, NY City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet and Ballet Hispanico. Natasha has a long-standing creative relationship with Christopher Wheeldon having designed the lighting for premieres at the Royal Ballet of Tryst, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter's Tale. Ms. Katz’s other collaborations with Mr. Wheeldon include Continuum (San Francisco Ballet), Carnival of the Animals (New York City Ballet), Swan Lake (Pennsylvania Ballet), Cinderella (Dutch National Ballet), The Nutcracker (Joffrey Ballet).She designed the lighting for the Mr. Wheeldon’s Broadway musical An American in Paris for which she won a Tony Award. Katz has worked extensively on Broadway and is a six time Tony winner. Her recent credits include Springsteen on Broadway , The Prom, Frozen, Hello, Dolly! (starring Bette Midler) Aladdin, Long Day’s Journey into Night, The Glass Menagerie, Once, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage, and Aida. Natasha is a TDF Wendy Wasserstein Project mentor for high school students and Vice Chair of the American Theatre Wing.