On Saturday, February 27, Nathalie Jean Le Vine, loving mother and well-known St. Louis ballet teacher passed away at the age of 91.
Nathalie was born in Las Animas, Colorado to Jean (Juanita) and Fleming Christian and moved to Los Angeles at the age of eight. Her love of ballet quickly grew into a professional soloist career after starting dance lessons to overcome the disabilities associated with childhood Polio. Her performing career began at Radio City Music Hall, and included film and television productions as well as, musical theater in Los Angeles. Her professional training included many greats from the dance world; Slavenska, Celli, Panaieff, Nijinska, Pereyslavec, and the Royal Ballet School in England. A knee injury pivoted her dance career to teaching and she devoted the remainder of her life to teaching Russian and Italian Classical Ballet technique to children, teenagers, and adults.