Natalie Becker is a world-know teacher, choreographer, judge, event organizer and costume designer, and she started her dance and artistic journey at the age of 5. She is a professional choreographer with multiple achievements in the genre of world dance (traditional dances from all around the world). In 2005 Natalie received a prestigious national award ‘’The Perfection’’ as a ‘’The Choreographer of the Year’’. Also, she has dozens of winning performances in the world of belly dance, both in Russia and internationally. Along with that she raised multiple international stars of the modern belly dance scene such as Simona Minisini, Anastasia Biserova, Ebru Becker and many others. Her dance ensemble ‘’Oasis Dance’’ has been successfully touring all around the world! Natalie is the president of the international charity ’Europe - Asia’, fundraising in support of belly dance development.

In this episode you will learn about:

- How Natalie started her belly dance journey at the age of 29, and what her previous experience in dance was

- The most important quality to have for competition participants

- Natalie’s choreography and costume design process

- Why she didn’t let her daughter join dance competitions at first

- Overcoming sickness, saying goodbye to her huge festival, and navigating through COVID-19 times.

Show Notes to this episode:

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