| Professional Experience: Soviet
Union |
1987 to 1991
SOVIET NATIONAL TEAM -
WOMEN’S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
By appointment of the Soviet Central Sport Committee
Krugloye Uzera (Circle Lake)
Olympic Training Complex near Moscow. Full-time staff Choreographer/Coach under Head Coach
Anatoly Kozeev.
Trained Junior National Team gymnasts (ages 12 to 14) and
Reserve National Team gymnasts (ages 9 to 11). Optional/compulsory floor and beam
routines and general choreography/dance, strength and flexibility training pertaining to
all women’s events. Developed and implemented proprietary warm-up exercise used
by Reserve and Junior teams. Former gymnasts trained include Svetlana Boguinskaia, Tatiana Gutsu, Tatiana
Lyseenko, Natasha Kalinina, Dina Kochetkova, Ludmila Stobvtchataia, Oksana Fabrichnova and
many others.
Composed the Soviet Senior-Grade-One
compulsory floor and beam routines. Soviet Senior-Grade-One is comparable to USAG
Level 9. Routines were performed by all Senior-Grade-One gymnasts throughout the
USSR during the period 1988 to 1992.
Conducted choreography seminars on behalf
of the Soviet Central Sport Committee. Seminars were attended by coaching
professionals and gymnasts from around the world. Several examples are:
- Visiting British
Gymnastic Team - August 1990
- Visiting Soviet Republic Coaches - 1986 through 1989
- Visiting American Coaches/Gymnasts - June 1987
- Russian National Team Coaches - January 1987
1978 to 1987
RUSSIAN REPUBLIC SPORT COLLEGE near MOSCOW
Full-time Faculty Member providing instruction in the following subject areas:
Choreography
for Artistic Gymnastics—Men and Women, Theory and Methods of Artistic Gymnastic
Coaching, Rhythmic Gymnastic Theory and Practice, Aerobic Theory and Methods, and various
related courses.
Students were preparing for their own careers as professional coaches and choreographers.
The Russian Republic Sport College requires that each student compete as an athlete
at Senior-Grade-One or above prior to admission to the college.
PROFSOYUZE OLYMPIC TRAINING
CENTER, MOSCOW
(Trade Union Olympic Center) under Head Coach Ludmila Romanova
Volunteered free time during tenure at the Russian Republic Sport College. Served
as Choreographer for optional and compulsory floor routines. Composed optional floor
routines, provided choreography/dance training and strength/flexibility training related
to all events. Profsoyuze was one of several Soviet national gymnastic
associations. Each association maintained its own training facilities throughout the
USSR and sponsored local and regional inter-association competitions culminating in a USSR
National Championship. The top national competitors joined the Soviet National
Team. During the period 1978 to 1982,
approximately 70% of Profsoyuze gymnasts with whom Natasha worked were
accepted by the Soviet National Team.
| Professional Experience: United
States |
1992 to Present
FREE-LANCE TRAVELING CHOREOGRAPHER / COACH /
CLINICIAN / CONSULTANT
Composes top-quality professional optional beam and floor routines with custom musical
accompaniment. Provides clinical instruction for female and male gymnasts in all
aspects of gymnastics related to Choreography and dance for floor and beam. Provides
T.O.P.S. Elite compulsory training prep and refinement of compulsory skills and routines.
Designs specialized strength and flexibility training for female and male optional team
gymnasts. Attends various state USAG Congresses as a speaker/clinician.
1995
to 1998
USAG Judge for LEVELS 5, 6, 7
Approved by JCI for the Level-10 judging test based on international credentials
(but no time to pursue this)
1992 to 1994
FAIRLAND ATHLETIC COMPLEX, LAUREL, MD
Team Choreographer/Coach for Women’s Artistic Gymnastics—all competitive levels.
Composition of optional floor and beam routines. Choreography and dance instruction.
Compulsory floor and beam skills refinement. Implementation of proprietary warm-up
routine promoting all-around flexibility. Specialized strength and flexibility
training.
| Educational Background: Soviet
Union |
1982
to 1986
RUSSIAN REPUBLIC SPORT COLLEGE near MOSCOW
Doctoral Dissertation,"A Choreographic System Specifically for Artistic
Gymnastics." Dissertation is incomplete at this time— interrupted by
appointment to Soviet National Team in 1987, and subsequent emigration to the United
States in 1991.
1981 to 1987
Publication during this period consists of a number of articles on Choreography
for Artistic Gymnastics
written for Soviet gymnastic magazines and included in college-level text books and
instructional materials.
1978
to Present
SOVIET-CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR OR EXERCISE THERAPY
Comparable to Instructor of Physical Therapy here in the United States
1974 to 1978
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HIGHER INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND
SPORT, MOSCOW
Graduated with honors receiving the Soviet "Red
Diploma" indicating a 5.0 Grade Point Average
(equivalent to a 4.0 Straight-A GPA here in the U.S.) The Institute is recognized as
one of the foremost colleges in the world for sports studies, and is attended by students
from all nations.
| Competitive Experience: Soviet
Union |
1972
to 1974
Member of the Russian Junior National Team—Rhythmic Gymnastics
1972 to Present
USSR Master-of-Sport Gymnast—Rhythmic Gymnastics
The Soviet Master-of-Sport level is equivalent to USAG Elite
(Soviet Master-of-Sport athletes retain that standing for life)
1964 to 1978
Competitive Gymnast—Rhythmic Gymnastics
Dedicated, spirited, hard-working gymnast from the age of eight to age twenty-two |
