Nathalie Fari (b.1975 São Paulo) in is an independent performer, teacher and researcher based in Berlin. She holds a degree in Art Education from the Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado in São Paulo and a MA in Space Strategies - Exploratory Art in Public Contexts from the Kunsthochschule Weißensee Berlin. Her primary research is in the field of embodiment and performance practices with a special focus on the relationship between the body and space, body and city. Under her production label atelier obra viva, she has been developing artistic and educational projects in collaboration with artists and researchers from different fields and with several institutions and organisations, in Brazil and Europe as well. From 2011-15 she was a co-organiser of the independent Platform Month of Performance Art Berlin and since 2016 she is part of the Study Circle Practicing Communities: How can artistic research transform society? from the Nordic Summer University. Currently she is designing a residency program called Body Mapping Lab for the historical site Teufelsberg in Berlin.