Natalie Desch, a BFA graduate of the Juilliard School and an MFA graduate of the University of Washington, performed for five seasons with the Limón Dance Company and eleven seasons with Doug Varone and Dancers in NYC. She additionally danced in various productions at the Metropolitan Opera and other regional opera companies around the US. Natalie has restaged the works of José Limón, Doug Varone, Jirí Kylián, and Daniel Charon on performing groups around
the world, and her choreography has been presented at venues throughout the country. In 2014 Natalie relocated to Salt Lake City, UT. She joined the faculty of Creative Arts Academy in 2017 and became an Assistant Professor in the University of Utah’s School of Dance in the fall of 2019.​