• 1981-1990: Basic education in Classic Ballet ( 8 years )

• 1994-1995: Collaboration with the Amateur Ballet and Gymnastics School of Roula Papadopoulou, in the Ballet "Paquita" as the head dancer-soloist.

• As a professional dancer she had Ballet Classes with well known dance teachers such as John Metsis, Bogoeva Gallina, Lommel Daniel, Rizova Boriana and others.

• Collaboration with the Greek Dance Company "Hororoes", directed by Sofia Spyratou, in Athens and in the dance performances "Echo of myth", "Table" and "Bachae" which enjoyed great success in Athens, Crete (Chania, Rethymnon, Heraklion) and also abroad, in Sofia (Bulgaria), Skopje, Monastir, Ohrid (FYROM) and Tirana (Albania).

• Collaboration with choreographer Dimitris Papazoglou as a main - soloist in the performances - "The Mandolin of Captain Simiti", which played at the Theater - DELFINARIO in the year 2000, "Retalia-Live" - at the Theater MINOA, 2000-01 and "Big Barboutsala" at the Theater DEFINARIO in 2001. Also danced in the television show PLAYMATE-2005 as part of the ballet group.

• Collaboration with choreographer Fokas Evangelinos for the television broadcast/tv-marathon, BRAVO, present ed by Roula Koromila, 1997 and the television show POP CORN, 1998 Awards, hosted by Andreas Mikroutsikos.

• Fashion Show for the brand LOreal. Artistic 1998-99 season in the Pili Axiou (Thessaloniki) and Chaos - (Athens) with the singer Sakis Rouvas, Stelios Rokos, Peggy Zina, Nikos Kourkoulis.

• Artistic Season 1998-99 in Pili Axiou (Thessalonica) and Chaos (Athens) with the singers Sakis Rouvas, Stelios Rokos , Peggy Zina, Nikos Kourkoulis.

• Fashion Show for the company L'Oreal.

• Collaboration with the choreographer Aleka Sotiriou for the TV show "Alla Kolpa" with Vlassis Bonatsos.

• Artistic season of 1995-96 in NERAIDA music club with singer Angela Dimitriou et.

• Collaboration with the choreographer Panos Metaxopoulos: Working together for the TV show 'San to Spitis Sas', hosted by Maria Bakodimou and Fotis Sergoulopoulos, 1999.

• Also, collaborations in various Video Clips.

• Collaboration with choreographer Chuck Foster: - Artistic season 1994-95 as a soloist in 'NERAIDA' with singers Lefteris Pantazis, Doukissa, Spyros Spirakos, Angie Samiou.

• Artistic season 1996-97 as soloist at the APOLLON music club with singers Vassilis Karras, Lefteris Pantazis, Natassa Theodoridou, Litsa Giakoussi and Victoria Chalkiti.

• Video Clip for Lefteris Pandazis - song : 'Krima'

• Presentation for the television program 'Proinos Kafes' with Eleni Menegaki

• Collaboration with the well known Spanish choreographer Xavier: - Summer Season of '97, with the singers Yiannis Parios, Despina Vandi at ' Ribas', Varkiza.

• Collaboration with choreographer Gary Mordon: Working together for the summer season of 1998 at 'Sex Music Club'.

• Collaboration in the Musical Program/show for the singers Plutarchos, Panos Kiamos, Valandis at POSIDONIO music club.

• Collaboration with choreographer Marilena Kottiadi - Working together for two years as cheerleaders for the Greek basketball team AEK. During the same period she had collaboration with Dance Club 'Club 22'.

• Collaboration with choreographer Thodoris Spathis – For the TV program 'Kokkino Veloudo' on Sky Channel with Nana Paletsaki.

  Season of 97 - 98

• Collaboration with singers Giorgos Alkeos, Litsa Giakoussi.

• Video Clip with Giorgos Alkeos- song: 'Sirti'.

• Collaboration with choreographer George Kalogeropoulos - Season of `97-`98, together with the singers Giorgos Alkeos and Elli Kokkinou.

   

  TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Dance teacher at the School of Ballet and Gymnastics Roula Papadopoulou.

• Dance teacher at the School of Drama Mary Razi, "Prova".

• Dance teacher at the Dance School "Dance Steps".

 

1982-1990: Basic education in the Classic Ballet-8 years 

1991-1993: Postgraduate in Studio-Atelier "Rudra-BEJART-Lausanne" and then collaboration with ballet "Ballet Bejart Lausanne - BBL". 

Dance Classes with David Howard wellknown dance teacher. 

1993-1996: Dancer in the opera Zurich (Zurich OpernHaus - Switzerland).

 

Attendance in the work:

 

 

- Alter Kinder	Mats Ek (well known choreographer)
- Visions Fugitives, Concertante	Hans Van Mannen (Netherlands Ballet ex - director)
- L'Après-midi d'Un Faune - Sacre de Primtemps	Vaslav Nijinski
- Boléro, Raimonda,Autumn Sketches, Lej Dals Chods, Die Moldau, Polish Pieces	Bernd Roger Bienert (Zurich OperHaus Ballet ex – director)
- Adaggeto	George Balanchine
- Rendering	Jorma Uotinen
- White Stream	Ed Wubbe(Scarpino Ballet ex - director)
- Firebird	Nicholas Bierzoff

1996- 1997: - Collaboration for -production "Les Nuits de Une Faune" as guest dancer with the opera Lyon - France. 
- Collaboration for -production "Le Printemps de Demain" as guest dancerwith the opera Nice - France.

1997-2000: He returns in Greece. Collaboration with the Lyric scene Athens - Greek opera in various works as: "Bayadera", "Corsar" the Leonidas Depian etc

COLLABORATIONS IN GREECE

• Collaboration with the Dance Company "Hororoes", directed by Sofia Spyratou, in Athens and in the dance performances "Echo of the myth", "Table" and "Bacchae" which enjoyed great success in Athens, Crete (Chania, Rethymnon, Heraklion) and also abroad, in Sofia (Bulgaria), Skopje, Monastir, Ohrid (FYROM).
• Collaboration with the Choreographer Fokas Evangelinos in the television shows:
• 1997-1998 with singer Anna Vissi in the Music Centres "Gazi" and "Asteria".
• 1998-1999 With the singer Despina Vandi and Vasilis Karra in the centre "Gazi".
• 2000 Collaboration with Pashalis Terzis and Stelios Rokkos in the "Rex".
• 2002 In the Theatre "Athineon" in the musical "Men Prefer Blonds" with Evelina Papoulia, Tania Tripi and Grigoris Valtino.
  - Beauty Contests of ANT1 TV Channel 1997, 1998, 1999. 
  - TV Award Pop Corn-Arion, 1998. 
  - Advertising Rewards "Ermis" 1998. 
• Collaboration with Choreographer Constantine Rigos: At the Greek National Theatre with the Perfomance " SummerNight Dream", 2000. 
  - In the Festival of Cinema Thessalonica, 2000.
• Collaboration with the Choreographer Gary Mordon:

Collaboration for SKAI TV with the Vlassi Mponatso.

Collaboration in the program of singers Ploutarho, Kiamo, Valanti in the "Poseidonio".

Collaboration with the Choreographer Thodoris Spathis: - "Red Velvet" in the SKAI TV hosted by Nana Palaitsaki, 1997-1998. 

 

2005: It founds the "DANCE CENTER Athens" in Heraklion, Attica, Greece.

 

 

Oriental Dance Teacher/ Belly Dance

 

www.AthenaNajat.com

 

 

STUDIES

 

 

 

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Natalia has a teaching diploma from the   Superior Professional   Classic Ballet School Morianova - Trasta.

She has a Flamenco Diploma in at the same time.

It has also diploma Flamenco in Primero ANO.

Also, it took place to a lot of dance seminars.
Seminars of Classic Dance, Modern Dance, Repertory, Historical Dances and Character with distinguished Greek and Foreigner professors. 

It has assisted also in a lot of seminars of dance in the classic ballet, the modern dance, the repertory dancing, history dance and the character that they dance with the distinguished Greek and foreigner schoolteachers as the schoolteachers/Choreographers M. Dimitrova, E. Efremidou, M. Miliotopoulou and D. Kianidis. 

 

Dancing Experience

Attendance in a lot of representations of dance (Veakio, Municipal Theatre Piraeus, Theatre College of Athens) 

• Have participated in a lot of dance present in the theatres as "Veakio", the "municipal theatre of Piraeus", the "Theatre of College Athens/Psychico" etc

• Appearance in television Shows.

• 2001 She participated in the Theatre Vergina¨ Attendance in the Music Show presentation Mimi Plessa (Regency Hyatt Casino club).

• Collaboration with a lot of Greek and foreigner choreographers as G. Kalogeropoulos, T. Spathis, and the S. Levkovitch, Wendy Gibbins, K. Spyropoulou etc

• Collaboration with known Greek artists (L. Livieratos, G. Alkeos, Triantafilos, Valantis, Th. Adamantidis, L. Pantazis, Pamela, X. Anagnostopoulos, Ina Lazopoulou, Maria Luiza Vasilopoulou, S. Volanis, El. Karousaki, St. Rokkos, Margaritis, M. Hristodoulopoulos, Antique, El. Paparizou etc.)

 

Χορευτική Εκπαίδευση :

Σχολή Χορού «Κατερίνα Βούλγαρη»

 

Αθλητικές και Διεθνείς Διακρίσεις :

• Κάτοχος 37 χρυσών, 6 αργυρών και 3 Χάλκινων μεταλλίων στα Πανελλήνια Πρωταθλήματα Ενόργανης Γυμναστικής. 
• Αργυρός Ολυμπιονίκης Εφήβων στην Βουλγαρία (2001)
• Χρυσός Πρωταθλητής στο Ρωσικό Πρωτάθλημα (2001)
• Αργυρός Πρωταθλητής στο Ρουμάνικο Πρωτάθλημα (1998)

 

Εργασιακή Εμπειρία

(2008-έως τώρα)  Διδασκαλία Χορού στις σχολές ART DANCE, ΚΙΝΗΣΗ & ΥΓΕΙΑ, στα είδη Hip Hop, Funky Jazz και Commercial Dance Style.
Μέλος της ομάδας του σύγχρονου χοροθεάτρου Materia ως το 2007 και από το 2007 υπεύθυνος χορογραφίας και βασικός χορευτής της.

 

Χορογραφικές Συνεργασίες (2006-έως τώρα)

Συνεργασία με τους:

• Garry Mardon - για τα προκριματικά της Eurovision (ομάδα της Χρύσπα, 2008) και μέλος του μπαλέτου στο κέντρο Έναστρον (Νότης Σφακιανάκης, 2006-09)
• Πάνο Μεταξόπουλο - για τηλεοπτικά shows (Καλλιστεία ΑΝΤ1 και Fame Story, 2006)
• Caroli  Vamos - για την συμμετοχή μου στην χορευτική ομάδα του παγκόσμιου συνεδρίου της  Oriflame
• Αντώνη Λυβερόπουλο - για συμμετοχή σε χορευτικά σχήματα σε όλα τα είδη χορού και ακροβατικών

Συμμετείχε σε πολλά Σεμινάρια για Hip Hop, FunkyJazz, Commercial Dance Style με τον TimNoble (χορευτής της Jennifer Lopez) καθώς και άλλους πασίγνωστους Χορογράφους. 

 

Λίγες πληροφορίες για την Amandine:

• 3ων χρονών – 1989: Κλασικό Μπαλέτο (Σύστημα VAGANOVA – Ρωσικό σύστημα).
• 1989-1997: Κλασικό Μπαλέτο (Σύστημα RAD – Αγγλικό σύστημα).
• 1997 – 2003: Σπουδές για Καθηγήτρια Γαλλικών (Γαλλική Φιλολογία).
• Συνεργασίες με διάφορα καλλιτεχνικά σχήματα σε θεατρικές παραστάσεις και τηλεοπτικές εκπομπές.