Natalie’s passion and dedication to dance started at age 4. She became a student at Charlottesville Ballet Academy (CBA) in 2019, where she trained in ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance. She is continuing her training at CBA in the Pre-Professional Program. Natalie has also attended summer intensives at Charlottesville Ballet, Burklyn Ballet, Shenandoah Dance Conservatory and performed as Carabosse in CBA Spring Performance of Sleeping Beauty in 2024, as well as one of Coppelia’s friends in CBA’s 2023 spring performance of Coppélia. Natalie began assistant teaching alongside faculty members where she discovered her love for teaching dance. She is excited to join the Charlottesville Ballet faculty for the 2024-25 season and share her love of dance with her students in hopes it will bring them as much joy as it brought her.