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Natasha's passion for belly dance is evident in her performance, documentary, and instructional DVD products. She has been performing professionally for many years, as part of a company, and as a soloist. She appeared as a belly dancer in “The Four Reasons”, an independent film, and in a few reality shows as a dancer and a dance instructor. As well as her background in ballet, she studied belly dance extensively in Egypt with top dancers and choreographers such as Mona el Said and Diana Tarkhan.
Born in Croatia where she studied ballet as a child, she continued studying dance in the States, and joined her first belly dance troupe while still in her teens. Natasha toured with a dance group in Taiwan and Japan, and performed in Italy thru an independent agency. In Los Angeles, she joined Viviane’s Egyptian Folk Dance Ensemble which was dedicated to preserving the cultural authenticity of the art form and the company shows were performed at the Barnsdall Theater. She performed with various companies; the Saba Dance Company which specialized in Persian style performances, the Negma dance company which performs cabaret style belly dance, and countless solo shows for parties and events.
Natasha produced and directed an award winning documentary, "Bellydancers of Cairo" which is also distributed by the Bellydance Superstars. She teaches beginning belly dance in an instructional DVD distributed by Natural Journeys entitled “Belly dance for Wimps”, and has produced her own series of instructional DVD’s with star dancers of Egypt called “Masters of Egyptian Choreography”.
