NATALIE MEYJES
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ballerina (Natalie Kohn)
soloist and principal roles in SWAN LAKE, ROMEO and JULIET, NUTCRACKER, SLEEPING BEAUTY, CINDERELLA, LA SYLPHIDE, and in works by FREDERICK ASHTON, BALANCHINE, BOURNONVILLE, DAVID BINTLEY, ERIC BRUHN, LEW CHRISTENSEN, WILLIAM FORSYTHE, JAMES KUDELKA, JIRI KYLIAN, ARTHUR MITCHELL, ELISA MONTE, JEROME ROBBINS, MICHEL SMUIN, PAUL TAYLOR, HELGI TOMASSON. Touring performances: United Sates, S. America, Mexico, Europe, Israel, Singapore, and Japan.
National US televised performances: A Song for Dead Warriors, Symphony in Three Movements, Cinderella, The Tempest
ART EXHIBITIONS
1990 San Francisco Art Institute- etchings
1991 Blue Book Exhibition, Berkeley, California
1993 Salon D’Automne, Paris, France
1996 Birmingham Royal Ballet – set design
2001 American Museum in Bath – textiles
2001 ‘MAX’ film set design, Budapest, Hungary
2002 Art London, Duke of York’s HQ, London
2002 Long & Ryle Gallery, London
2003 London Art Fair, Islington Design Centre
2003 Mayor Gallery, London, collages
2005 London Art Fair, Islington Design Centre
2005 Long & Ryle Gallery, London
2009 ICA Gallery, London, group exhibition
2010 Emporium Art, Chapel Arts, Bath
2012 LAPADA Fair, London
2013 London Art, Fair, Islington Design Centre
2013 Long & Ryle Gallery, London
2018 Artist’s assistant for private art installation, Chicago USA
Exhibition facilitator, Petaluma Arts Center
Instructor for Tai Chi Energize for corporate wellness
Tamales Bay Foods, Rustic Bakery, Joseph Grubaugh and Sigrun Seifert Violin Makers, Petaluma CA
Building crew for Burning Man and private installations
Trainee and instructor under research program PLIE (Dr. Deborah Barnes, UCSF and the VA) exercise sessions and research for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients enrolled in the PLIE study. Memory care volunteer, my own memory care movement program Catholic Charities, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Senior Center, Petaluma CA
Choreography and action advisor for Dutch film, “THE REUNION,” Amsterdam, Holland
Workshops for Alzheimer’s Association Wiltshire UK Trowbridge and Melksham UK
Guest consultant for Royal Ballet School graduate class, choreography, London UK
Ballet classes and workshops at DANCING IN THE STREETS, Tucson, Arizona
Private ballet training for Nick Blackwell, UK professional middleweight boxing champion, Trowbridge UK
Ballet training, tai chi training, private coaching, beginning pole dance, core strength and stretch classes, LA Studios Trowbridge, UK
Coaching and choreography for hip hop dancers and Balkan rap musicians in GRUBB (Gypsy Roma Urban Balkan Beats) --I led dance workshops and choreographed and staged performances for this NGO which supported education, art, social integration, and job training for Roma gypsy children in Serbia.
Workshops in Belgrade, Novi Sad, and Niz, Serbia, producing and staging GRUBB performances for MTV stages at EXIT festival,
Novi Sad, Serbia and GRUBB, the musical, Serbia, UK, Canada
Choreography and staging for “THE SUZANNES” for performance artists Johnny BlueEyes and Suzanne von Aichinger, NY, USA, Glastonbury, UK
Actor's coaching and choreography for 'MAX' film staring John Cusack, Molly Parker, Budapest, Hungary
Choreography for Ecole de Danse Contemporain d'Yvelines. Paris, France
Study and training in contemporary dance, Paris France
Study and practice of Tai Chi
Study and practice of yoga
San Francisco State University, San Francisco Art Institute studies in fine art, art history, art exhibition curating Chinese calligraphy and brush painting
Anatomy drawing, Academie de Beaux Arts, Paris France