As a dance educator, Natalie has taught all ages from 2 year olds to college students to adults. She has lead classes in various forms, including creative movement, ballet, tap, jazz, modern and contemporary. While at the University of Illinois, she studied Brain-Compatible Dance Education (BCDE), under Mauriah Kraker. Additionally, she completed an internship at Bates Dance Festival in the Youth Arts Program. Natalie has continued her interest in Brain-Compatible Dance Education (BCDE) by participating in the Creative Dance Centre in Seattle's Summer Dance Institute for Teachers with founder of BCDE Anne Green Gilbert and Dionne Kamara in 2024.
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Natalie has taught in both a studio setting and for outreach programs in schools throughout New York City and in the midwest, teaching for Dancewave, Peridance, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Milwaukee Ballet School and Academy, La Crosse Dance Centre, guest teaching at Lawrence University among others. She is grateful to have had the opportunity to choreograph in Dancewave's company programs and for La Crosse Dance Centre's La Crosse Dance Company and Nutcracker Ballet as a visiting choreographer and educator.
