Natalie Harris

Natalie Harris first fell in love with the art of ballet at the New Mexico Ballet Company’s production of The Nutcracker. She began her training locally with Lana Kroth, Suzanne Johnston, Wendy Rubin, and Jolie Sutton-Simballa. In 2007, she accepted an apprenticeship with Ballet Quad Cities in Rock Island, Illinois. While there, she danced lead roles in The Nutcracker and Coppélia. After a year, Ms. Harris was offered a full scholarship with the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City. There, she trained with Davis Robertson, Brian McSween, Francesca Corkel, Era Jouravlev, Nicole Duffy, and guest teachers such as Desmond Richardson, Maria Kowroski, Daniel Ulbricht, Africa Guzman, and more. While in New York, she had the opportunity to perform as a guest artist with Urban Ballet Theatre in their production of Nutcracker in the Lower. Ms. Harris continued her training with the Joffrey Ballet School and was appointed Company Manager of the first Joffrey Concert Group company tour. After her time in New York, she returned home to New Mexico and started teaching at local schools, as well as coaching and choreographing for NMBC. This is her fourth season as NMBC’s Artistic Director. Along with putting on the production of The Nutcracker ballet, Ms. Harris has choreographed full-length Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, and Aladdin and the Magic Lamp ballets. She is excited to present NMBC’s premiere production of the Phantom of the Opera ballet.