Installment ONE of meet an Instructor:

NATASHA DANCHENKO

Born in Moscow, and having  immigrated to Canada while still a child, Natasha's  early love of dance eventually led to her attending the National Ballet School of Canada and later graduating from School of American Ballet in New York City.

From there Natasha's career included dancing with Stanford City Ballet, American Ballet Company, Royal Swedish Ballet and The Phantom of the Opera.

Since 1999 Natasha has focused on 'dancing in the air' and has been an independent aerial/circus artist specializing in silks, corde lisse, and partenering. Her work, aside from the stage, has been featured in major motion pictures, TV series, Bravo Short films, commercials and magazines. As well as being on Cirque du Soleil talent roster, Natasha's live appearances have included performing for such companies as Microsoft ( Hong Kong ) Molson Indy, GM Canada Tour, Manulife, Skate Canada Awards, MSN/Bell Sympatico, Det Norske Teatre, & Nobel Piece Prize Conference ( Oslo, Norway ) to name but a few.

Natasha's performing career has encompassed Asia, North America and Scandinavia. 

As an instructor in Aerial arts, Pilates, and Aerial Yoga, Natasha has taught classes and workshops to both kids and adults throughout North America and Scandinavia.

In 2012 Natasha founded  an aerial work-in-progress showcase event 'Aer Time', and received a Suzuki Teacher Training Certification in violin.