age thirteen, she was afforded the privilege of being accepted to the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet on full scholarship and moved to St. Petersburg, Russia. Ms. Kezevadze graduated under the supervision of professor T. Udalenkova, receiving a B.F.A. Consequently, she was invited to join Boris Eifman Dance Company. Later, she joined Ballet Classic St. Petersburg Ballet Company as a soloist and in 2004 moved to NYC to further pursue her performing career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While in NYC, she continued her training with many notable dance masters including Dwight Rhoden, Desmond Richardson, Willy Burman, Milton Myers, Donald Byrd, Nathan Trice, Elisa Monte, Max Stone, Val Suarez, Donald Byrd and numerous others. As a guest artist, Natiya appeared in New York International Festival’s “Icarus,” Ballet Builder’s “Passing Thru,” Eglevsky Ballet “Nutcracker,” Rebecca Davis “Antigone,” and Nathan Trice “Rituals.”” In 2005 Natiya joined Forces of Nature Dance Theater Company under the direction of Abdel Salaam. In 2007 Natiya became a member of Complexions Contemporary Ballet and toured extensively performing works by Dwight Rhoden, Desmond Richardson, Igal Perry and Jae Man Joo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Natiya teaching experience includes the Joffrey Ballet School, NYU’s Tisch, Broadway Dance Center, STEPS on Broadway, and LIU Brooklyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms. Kezevadze continues her relationship with COMPLEXIONS as a rehearsal director. She is certified to teach NIQUE, and has been an invaluable faculty member at Complexions Academy for many years, teaching at Summer and Winter Intensives, Pre-Professional Programs and other educational collaborations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34347,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"discipline":[5],"class_list":["post-34800","faculty","type-faculty","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","discipline-academy-ballet"],"acf":{"first_name":"Natiya","last_name":"Kezevadze","display_name":"","thumbnail":34801,"reel":"","bullet_points":""},"yoast_head":"\n