Born in Sydney, Natasha began dancing at the age of four. She trained with Nicholina Kuner’s Academy Ballet in Randwick. In 2001 Natasha won a scholarship at the Prix de Lausanne – one of the most prestigious international ballet competitions in Switzerland – to study at The Royal Ballet School in London. While she was still a student, Natasha toured with The Royal Ballet to Australia in 2002 and Russia in 2003. After graduating third year at The Royal Ballet School in 2003, Natasha joined The Australian Ballet’s Corps de Ballet. In 2006 she was the recipient of the George Garratt Scholarship, which enabled her to gain valuable experience visiting various European ballet companies.

Repertoire highlights

• Krzysztof Pastor’s Symphonie Fantastique 2008
• Bodytorque.To the Pointe 2008
• George Balanchine’s Apollo 2007
• Stanton Welch’s The Sleeping Beauty 2005
• Christopher Wheeldon’s Continuum 2004
• Jiri Kylian’s Stepping Stones 2005
• Nicolo Fonte’s Almost Tango 2004

You might not know …

At the beginning of 2009, Natasha took part in a dancer exchange with the Royal Danish Ballet and spent three months with the company, where she performed in their production of The Nutcracker.