NATALIE has been dancing since age three, and is currently a freelance dancer and choreographer. She is the PR Administrator and actress/ dancer for the theatrical performing arts company You Connection in Dallas. She teaches ballet, pointe, contemporary and jazz for professional academies as well as educational dance programs at various schools and churches. She also privately coaches pre-professional students and choreographs for soloists, YAGP, national competitions, Music Videos, productions, and events throughout the Dallas and Los Angeles areas.
Natalie has danced Principal and Soloist roles with Pasadena Dance Theatre, Pacific Festival Ballet, Nancy Evans Dance Theatre, Media City Ballet, Ballet Concerto, New World Ballet, and Collin County Ballet Theatre, and appeared as Featured Dancer for Disney's Pixar Animation, Eva Longoria's "Rally for Kids with Cancer," FOX Searchlight's "Black Swan DVD Release," FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance" Promo, Carnival Choreographer's Ball, VH1's "Save the Music" Benefit, and "Legion of Hope" Fashion and Awards Show. She has also appeared in award winning feature films (IMDB), music videos, and TV series, and has modeled for LA Fashion Week and "Project Runway" competition.
Natalie has enjoyed professional training and performance experience with Marguerite Derricks (FAME), Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet, State Street Ballet, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Alex Magno (Britney Spears, Madonna), Nathalie Krassovska (Ballet Russe), Soili Arvola (NYCB), Fernando Bujones (ABT), Bruce Marks (Boston Ballet), Kirt Hathaway (Ballet Arkansas), Kim Masilli (Joffrey Ballet), The Edge Performing Arts Center, and won awards at such dance conventions as Tremaine and L.A.Danceforce. She holds a B.A. in Arts & Performance from the University of Texas Dallas, where she performed modern works with the UTD Dance Ensemble. From 2000-2006, Natalie co-directed East Wind Productions with brother Matt Kramer, a performing arts company offering dance, film, and theater. From 2006-2008, Natalie founded Commedia Ballet Theatre with resident choreographer Chasen Greenwood, a non-profit professional ballet company in Dallas, Texas, directing several original productions featured at Courtyard Theatre, Scott Theatre, Plaza Theatre, Dance for the Planet, and Northpark Mall. She also owned and operated The Pointe of Dance, a daycare dance program for children. In 2009, Natalie re-located to the Los Angeles area to pursue her passion of dancing, choreographing, and teaching where she has been a guest artist and instructor with California Dance Theatre, California Dance Academy, Got Rhythm Dance and Performing Arts, Studio One, and Conejo Civic Ballet. She also co-directed "The Realm Company," a dance and theatre academy in Santa Clarita with partner Chasen Greenwood in 2013.
Natalie’s vision is “to honor the heritage and history of classical ballet while utilizing modern stories, music, choreography, and theatrical elements to produce new, creative performances that will entertain, entice, and excite a new generation of audiences as never before seen.”