graduated in 1988 from the Kiev Academic Choreography School, where she was trained under the Honorable Ukrainian Actress A.G. Calchenko. After graduation, she was invited to join the Odessa Academic State Opera and Ballet Theatre. She toured Japan, China, Taiwan, Germany, Spain, Finland, Lebanon, and other countries, and performed with them as a soloist until 2000. From 2001 to 2003, she was a principal dancer with the First State Ballet Theater in Delaware. In 2003, Natasha became a soloist and audition director for the Moscow Ballet where she remained until 2013. She has performed in many ballet repertoire including: The Nutcracker (Pas de Deux/Snow), Giselle, Swan Lake, Flames of Paris, The Sleeping Beauty, Walpurgis Night, La Bayadère, The Little Humpbacked Horse, Carnival in Venice,Chopiniana, Carmen Suite, Pas de Quatre, Don Quixote and more.
Natasha began her teaching career in 2000 at Dance Elite ballet school in Doylestown, PA, where she taught ballet technique to beginning through advanced level classes and pointe. She prepared choreography for their annual performance of “The Nutcracker” and “The Wizard of Oz”. She continued teaching and choreographing while working with students at Media Dance School in Media, PA, and the Russian Ballet Center in Newport, DE before taking her role in 2003 as soloist with the Moscow Ballet. Natasha has taught in the San Diego and Orange County areas from 2013 to the present. Natasha’s dancers have won various awards including 1st and 3rd places at YAGP in San Diego and Los Angeles in 2019. Natasha looks forward to training the dancers at Pryntsev Ballet Academy, improving their technique and sharing her love of ballet.