NATALIA ZAYKOVA

FLAMENCO DANCER

DIRECTOR OF CHOREOGRAPHY

FLAMENCO TEACHER


I've been dancing flamenco since I was 14, now I'm 28. I finished the university of culture and art in St. Petersburg in the craft of Dance Art. I studied such subjects as classical choreography, world dances, contemporary dance, the art of choreographer. During that time I studied flamenco with Spanish, Finnish and Russian teachers. I studied with Manuel Betanzos (Seville), Andrés Pena (Seville), Mercedes Ruíz (Jerez), Israel Galván (Seville), Manuel Linán (Madrid), Ángel Atienza (Seville),Noelia Gonzales (Málaga), Juan Polvillo (Seville), Olga Vega (Sanlúcar de Bda).

Currently I have my own school in St. Petersburg, about 10 years I have been teaching flamenco classes for adults and children.

In 2006 I received the first prize in the contest "Alegrias" (St. Petersburg), in the jury took part teacher and dancer Gabriela Gutarro. In 2009 I premiered my flamenco monospectacular "Frida", dedicated to the life of the Mexican painter Frida Cahlo.
In 2012 the 2nd work is released - the flamenco ballet "Jeanne d'Arc", dedicated to the 600th birthday of Joan of Arc, French folk heroine. In that show I worked
with 4 flamenco dancers and live musicians.
In 2011 I received the first prize in the nomination "The best choreography" at the International flamenco Festival "Viva España" (Moscow, Russia), in 2012 the first prize in the nomination "The best interpretation" and the special prize of the Duende foundation. The independent jury of the festivals was formed by the Spanish flamenco masters: Antonio Alonso, Juan Mata, Anna Gonzales Aranda, Ciro Nieto, José Espinosa.
In 2012-2013 the collaboration with the dancer Jonathan Sanchez Fernandez
in the shows "Duende" and "In and Out".


FLAMENCO PERFORMANCES
FRIDA / 2009
LEGEND OF JEANNE D'ARC / 2012
DNA CARMEN / 2020

ARTISTS:

Natalia Zaykova - idea / dance
El Tebi - dance (DNA Carmen)
Konstantin Frolov - dance (Frida)
Tatiana Shishkova - singer
Vladimir Slobodin - guitar
Gleb Okunev - guitar (DNA Carmen)
Alexey Parfenov - guitar (Frida)
Serjio Konyaev - percussion/kajon
Asya Kell - flute (DNA Carmen)
Denis Kirillov - piano (Frida)
Alexey Korsakov - lighting engineer
Sergey Zhilenkov - sound engineer


WORKSHOPS
FLAMENCO WORKSHOPS
for students

Within 4-5 days, the students were given choreography
and then a video clip was shot.
This series of master classes was called
Repertorio 1.0, 2016
Repertorio 2.0 (Sevillanas), 2018
Repertorio 3.0 (En Verea), 2019
REPERTORIO 3.0
FLAMENCO WORKSHOP / EN VEREA
REPERTORIO 2.0
FLAMENCO WORKSHOP / SEVILLANA
VIDEO CLIPS
Shooting video clips with Natalia's students.
Flamenco Fantasy
Flamenco Punk
FLAMENCO FANTASY
FLAMENCO WORKSHOP
FLAMENCO PUNK
FLAMENCO WORKSHOP
PHOTOS
VIDEOS