Natasha Jeanne Pyeatte |
| Email: | natashajeanne@hotmail.com |
Biography:
Natasha Pyeatte has been dancing non-stop since the age of 4, when her mother enrolled her in class in Granada Hills, CA. From then on, she could never have imagined doing anything else. She always knew that she would grow up to be someone who dances and inspires others to dance.
Natasha has extensive professional performance, choreography and stage experience. She has trained and danced with the Colorado Ballet Academy in Denver, Gotta Dance and The Edge in Los Angeles, Grand Valley Dance Co, and Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. She has performed with Valerie Madonia, Tony Coppola, Feet First Dance Ensemble, Telluride Repertory Theatre, Telluride Aids Benefit, Morgan Wixson Theatre of Santa Monica, and choreographed for Magic Circle Theatre of Montrose, Weehawken Dance, Ouray County Players, Telluride Dance Academy, and The Ames Conservatory.
Natasha has been teaching dance and choreographing for numerous stage performances since 2001. Her specialties include tap, jazz, ballet, pointe, theatre dance and aerial silks. Natasha is a committed dance educator. She has acquired dance instructor training at Colorado Mesa University, in Telluride under the direction of Valerie Madonia (now director of the Colorado Ballet Academy), Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance in Boulder, Co, and at the American Ballet Theatre in New York. In 2012 Natasha completed her National Training Curriculum certification in all levels of the program. Natasha is an ABT® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Primary through Level 7 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum.
In addition to her ABT certification, Natasha is currently working on her Pilates certification through Balanced Body with Annette Petit in Telluride. Pilates has been proven to be an ideal form of cross training for dancers to keep them strong, balanced and injury free. Natasha integrates Pilates exercises into the classroom to keep her dancers safe and so they can have a long career and healthy body.
Natasha is passionate about the arts and Weehawken Dance, and has enjoyed developing the dance program as the Artistic Director since the fall of 2007. Natasha choreographs and produces at least 3 Weehawken Dance performances a year, and teaches 20 to 30 classes a week between the communities of Silverton, Ouray, Ridgway and Montrose. Weehawken Dance is honored to have her endless enthusiasm, talent, insight and vision guiding the program each day.
