Natasha Tsakos
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Natasha Tsakos is a conceptual director, and a motion and visual performance artist
from Geneva
, Switzerland
, living in Florida
in the United States
. She is the current president and founder of ZERO llc. Tsakos is notable for achieving what critics call a creative and innovative vision in the art of orchestrating and synchronizing various disciplines, to the execution of high-leveled productions.
She was educated at the New World School of the Arts
, part of the University of Florida
.
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, produced 6 commercial length films for Ford Motors as part of the Fiesta Movement. She has been commissioned by Nickelodeon, Miami Art Museum
, Adrienne Arsht Center
, Art Basel
, featured in HBO, MTV
, BBC
and was a member of "Urban Disdturbance" Miami Performing Arts Center's first theater troop. Tsakos was exposed to more than 300,000 people with over 82 performances scheduled. She worked with the Big Apple Circus
(NY) as a Clown Doctor
for two consecutive years. A professional voiceover artist, she has dubbed over 800 TV episodes playing the lead in each, including Fox's
reality shows, and Richard Branson
’s Rebel Billionaire, as well as Telenovelas for recording studio The Kitchen/TM Systems
to run in France
.
Natasha Tsakos is also the lead performer of nationally acclaimed performance troupe Circ X, a member of Octavio Campos’ Hybrid Theater company Camposition, and performed with Cirque du Soleil
for the Super Bowl
Opening Ceremony 2007.
, California
.
Performance art
In art, performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or...
from Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, living in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. She is the current president and founder of ZERO llc. Tsakos is notable for achieving what critics call a creative and innovative vision in the art of orchestrating and synchronizing various disciplines, to the execution of high-leveled productions.
She was educated at the New World School of the Arts
New World School of the Arts
New World School of the Arts is a public magnet high school and college in Downtown Miami, Florida with dual-enrollment programs in visual arts, dance, theatre, musical theatre, instrumental music, and vocal music. Both the college and the high school are accredited by the Southern Association of...
, part of the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
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Works
Tsakos has over 200 acting credits, written 12 original works, directed 30 playsPlay (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
, produced 6 commercial length films for Ford Motors as part of the Fiesta Movement. She has been commissioned by Nickelodeon, Miami Art Museum
Miami Art Museum
The Miami Art Museum is an art museum located in Downtown Miami, Florida, in the United States. It was founded in 1984 as the Center for the Fine Arts, and in 1996 became the Miami Art Museum...
, Adrienne Arsht Center
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, commonly called The Arsht Center, is Florida's largest performing arts center and is located on Biscayne Boulevard in the Omni neighborhood of Downtown, Miami, Florida, United States...
, Art Basel
Art Basel
Art Basel is an international contemporary art fair held each June in Basel, Switzerland. Similar to the Venice Biennale, it has been called "the Olympics of the art world". Art Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa...
, featured in HBO, MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and was a member of "Urban Disdturbance" Miami Performing Arts Center's first theater troop. Tsakos was exposed to more than 300,000 people with over 82 performances scheduled. She worked with the Big Apple Circus
Big Apple Circus
The Big Apple Circus is a circus that is based in New York City. Opened in 1977, it has become a tourist attraction as well. It has been highly influential towards the creation of Cirque du Soleil, tent-based circuses and smaller non-profit shows, such as Circus Flora.-The 1970s:The idea of...
(NY) as a Clown Doctor
Clown Care
|right|thumb|250px|A clown care group at service at the hospital Bambin Gesù in ItalyClown Care is a program in hospitals and medical centers involving visits from specially trained clowns. They are sometimes called "Clown Doctors" which is a trademarked name in several countries...
for two consecutive years. A professional voiceover artist, she has dubbed over 800 TV episodes playing the lead in each, including Fox's
Fox Entertainment Group
The Fox Entertainment Group is an American entertainment industry company that owns film studios and terrestrial, cable, and direct broadcast satellite television properties...
reality shows, and Richard Branson
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies....
’s Rebel Billionaire, as well as Telenovelas for recording studio The Kitchen/TM Systems
Technology & Engineering Emmy Award
A Technology and Engineering Emmy Award is given by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievement in technical or engineering development...
to run in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Natasha Tsakos is also the lead performer of nationally acclaimed performance troupe Circ X, a member of Octavio Campos’ Hybrid Theater company Camposition, and performed with Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil , is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment." Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy...
for the Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
Opening Ceremony 2007.
TED Conference 2009
She was a featured speaker at the 2009 TED Conference in Long BeachLong Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
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