His career hovers at Miami City Ballet, Taylor Naturkas has climbed the wings of legendary creatures for his last successes. After Naturkas played the full role in the Balanochine / Robbins Firing bird Last February, the artistic director Lourdes Lopez promoted it to the Soloiste Principale. Two months later, Naturkas made his debut as aodet / Odile in Alexei Ratmansky Cygne lake. This fall, she is ready for a deeper dive in Balanochine A summer night dreamAfter his appearance invited in the spring in this work with the New York City Ballet.
Business: Miami City ballet
Age: 21
Hometown: Petoskey, Michigan
Training: Croooked Tree Arts Ballet School, Miami City Ballet School
Dance in detail: Naturkas joined the MCB Corps in 2020 after two years at the school of the company, where she built her presence on stage on solid fundamentals. The clarity of details in its interpretations – sharp work, eloquent poses, bold jumps and balances – allows fluid musicality. And the technical foundations allow the great effects that accumulate the spectator. Lopez noticed when Naturkas, still a student at MCB school, repeated Don Quixote. “She has crossed the step of two, the variation and the Coda, including the whips,” explains the director. “Then she went to the back and started making relevant on her left leg, further strengthening her calf – a clear indication of her talent and her work ethics.” While he was still pre-professional at school, Naturkas was interpreted as a doudrop in his first MCB Nutcrackerthe prelude to his corporate contract.
Lessons for art and life: “There were a lot of nerves,” recalls Naturkas about this initial role of the spotlight. “But I said to myself:” do it “. She always relys on this state of mind and this fact of unshakable preparation – the kills maintained in Croooked Tree by the recipient of the 2010 dance teacher, Heather Raue. “She taught me the mental strength and how to hold on me,” explains Naturkas, “the qualities I have beyond the ballet in my personal life.” Her Firing bird The success came with applauding raue in the public.
Sisters and friends: In their small summer town on Lake Michigan, Taylor and his fraternal twin, in the fall, started dance lessons together, but quickly took separate activities – a self -determination that their parents encouraged. “Fall and I like to be in different things. She is passionate about horses and is now working in our father's restaurant. But we are always the best friends, we give advice. We always have so many things to catch up! ”
Large horizons: At each assignment, Naturkas raises the beauty of his art form. “In Cygne lake I took everything I could in such a huge process, “she said, grateful for the opportunity to develop her game. Working with Ratmansky has been impatient to play in his Images in an exhibition Next year. But she adds: “Everything is so new to me. I want to be a slow dancer, a quick dancer – I want to do everything. ”
