Natasha Gilmore

Artistic Director -natasha@barrowlandballet.co.uk

Natasha Gilmore is the founder and Artistic Director of Barrowland Ballet, one of Scotland’s leading contemporary dance companies. An internationally respected choreographer for dance, theatre and film, Natasha’s work has gained critical international acclaim and tours regularly across the world.

Awards include Best Production for Children and Young People at the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland and Outstanding Performance at Shanghai International Children’s Theatre Festival for The Gift; and ‘Best of the Fest’ Bobby award for immersive video installation Family Portrait. Natasha was the UK nomination for the ASSITEJ Award for Excellence 2017 for her work for young audiences, which includes Tiger Tale and Poggle. Her dance films are screened at film festivals worldwide, collecting awards from Denton Black Film Festival and Cinevox Dance Film Festival amongst others. Natasha founded Scotland’s first intergenerational company Wolf Pack in 2016, which has gone on to perform at festivals including Dance International Glasgow and Go Dance.

Natasha is globally recognised for her pioneering practice in contemporary dance for neurodivergent children, creating three sensory theatre works Playful Tiger, The Unexpected Gift and Poggle and Me, and the dance films Frames and Strings, which won the Humanity Award at Utah Dance Film Festival.

Outside of Barrowland Ballet, Natasha has choreographed theatre productions for National Theatre of Scotland and Vox Motus, and has worked as a dance artist with Protein Dance and Jasmin Vardimon Company.

Most recently, Natasha conceived and directed Wee Man, which was the Scottish Theatre Awards’ Leading Light award runner up. And returning to the stage for the first time in 12 years, Natasha performed Chunky Jewellery, co-created with Jude Williams and Ben Duke (Lost Dog Dance), and presented at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe as part of Made In Scotland.