Natasha

She starts dancing Standards and Latins at the age of 7. When she was seventeen, she graduated in 1st series and started teaching to children and adults for pleasure but also for competition. She often reaches the finals in the different national and international competitions such as the Davidovsky Cup, Open Finland, Open Saint-Petersburg, Championship of Saint-Petersburg, Open Russia, etc..

She worked for year in Standards and Latins with known teachers such as Olga and Alexander Zenkevich (double professional world Champions Show Standards, triple Champions in Russia Standards), Brian Torner and Bridgit Meyers (Double vice-Champions in Latins Show), Vlad Pavlov (Russia vice Champion, Finalist of the Professional World championship), Dmitri Timochin and Anna Bezikova (Russia Latins Champions, European amateur and professional Champions, Triple vice World Champions in amateurs Latins, Vice Professional World Champions in 2004) and their trainer Sergei Sokov.

In 2001, as she did not find any partner available in her level she stops competition and moves towards Swing. She leaves for Sweden for training and participates to other worldwide trainings.

In 2003 she organises the first Swing Festival of ST Petersburg and created the school and troupe: the Swing Dance Company.

She officiates as a judge in the Swing Russian competitions, she is also the president of the association for the development of the swing dances in ST Petersburg.

In 2004 she leaves Russia to settle down in France.

She is currently one of the two or three best dancer and teacher of Russian Swing and ranges between the greatest worldwide.

She continues training herself in the greatest international trainings with the greatest teachers in en Boogie, Lindy Hop, Balboa, West Coast Swing,...

List of prizes

1st place in West Coast Swing J&J at the Westie Camp 2008 (Paris, France)

Finalist at the J&J Grenoble Lindy Exchange 2008 (Grenoble, France)

Finalist at the J&J du Frenchie Balboa Festival 2007 (Toulouse, France)

2nd at the J&J Balboa On The Promenade 2007 (Nice, France)

2nd at the J&J Frenchie Balboa Festival 2006 (Toulouse, France)

First at the J&J Balboa On The Promenade 2005,2006 (Nice, France)

Third at the Euro Bal’Cup of Frenchie Balboa Festival 2005 (Toulouse, France)

Finalist at the Euro Bal’Cup de London Balboa Festival 2005 (London, England)

2nd at the J&J Côme 2005 (Italy)

Third at the J&J Frenchie Balboa Festival 2005(Toulouse, France)

First at the J&J Montpellier Swing Dance Camp 2005 (Montpellier, France)

2nd at the J&J Barswingona 2005 (Barcelona, Spain)

Third at the World champion’s ship of Lindy Hop 2004 (Toulouse, France)

Third in Russian championship of Lindy Hop 2002 (St Petersburg, Russia)