Natalie Nayun

Instruction

Workshops, intensives & residencies

Natalie teaches weekend workshops, multi-day intensives, festival classes and university residencies across the U.S. and internationally.

Upcoming · Berkeley, CA

Persian Dance Intensive

January 22–24, 2027

Over 12 hours of dance immersing yourself in Ballet Afsaneh Persian dance technique, choreography, improvisation and more. Space is limited for individual attention. The weekend ends with a performance of the choreography you learn.

  • Dance history & music lecture
  • Hand & arm technique
  • Turning & spin technique
  • Musicality, with special guests
  • Rhythm explanation
  • Stagecraft
  • Narrative in your dance
  • Anatomy through the Franklin Method

Level: intermediate dancers with at least 3 years of dance experience · Location: Spring Fall Dance Studio, Berkeley · One need-based scholarship is available.

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Intensive participants in matching gold costumes posing after their performance Dancers learning frame drum rhythms with a guest musician Dancers lying on the studio floor during a Franklin Method anatomy session
“I LOVED the workshops! The choreography was beautiful, and I plan to perfect it and perform it. Instruction on technique was just wonderful. It was a magnificent and inspiring workshop weekend!”
2024 intensive participant
“Everything was great, loved the dancing portions especially… and it was a nice balance doing the Franklin workshop the last day.”
2024 intensive participant

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Residencies & festival teaching

Natalie is available for paid teaching and creative residencies with university dance departments and companies, and for festival and studio workshops worldwide. Residencies can include daily technique classes, setting choreography on your company, lectures on dance history and culture, and a final performance.

  • St. Olaf College · 10-day artist residency, 2024
  • University of Utah · Teaching & creative residency, 2021 & 2022
  • Santa Fe Community College · Two semesters of Contemporary Dance, 2022
  • UC Berkeley · Stanford · MiraCosta College · Courses, lectures & guest classes
  • Workshops & intensives in New York, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Seattle, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Spain
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A group of workshop students in Uzbek costumes posing with Natalie Students following Natalie's arm technique in a workshop at Opa Fest, Buenos Aires Natalie dancing with silk veils among redwoods at Lark Camp