San Diego, CA
Natasha Tia is an internationally recognized Salsa dancer, and is described as fluid, graceful, classy, playful, sensual & jazzy. She “spins like a top,” by fusing her over 20 years of classical and commercial dance technique training into her salsa dancing practice. Natasha started dancing at age 2 and spent her youth training in jazz, lyrical, hip hop, tap, ballet, etc., oftentimes earning lead dancer on her youth Competition Teams. At age 14, Natasha’s passion for Latin dances like salsa, mambo and cha-cha-cha sparked. In a 17 year span of time Miss Tia has built a respectable name for herself within the Salsa industry on an international level with her professionalism, strong technique, and energetic quality.
Over the last 6 years, Natasha has continued to innovate her personal style, teaching workshops as a soloist at multiple special events around the nation, she built a community of over 60 women in San Francisco who support and empower one another through training and performing mambo dance together. She has traveled nationally and internationally as a principal dancer on the prestigious Yamulee Dance Company in New York City, as well as with the internationally known and loved Karel Flores.
Since the pandemic of 2020, the launch of Natasha Tia Studio online platform comes with excitement and eagerness to share her passion for creating well rounded dancers around the world while innovating education practices within her industry through these changing times. Her online monthly membership encompasses promoting and advocating for emotional, physical, cognitive and social well being in an accessible, bite-sized manner through online fitness, stretch and latin dance classes of all levels. She continues to direct KFSF remotely, keeping the values of the community strong, like inclusivity, empowerment, and team commitment.
Natasha currently resides in San Diego, CA, and is actively offering in-person workout+flow, mindful-stretch, and latin dance classes; all of which are online hybrid classes, accessible to anyone around the world through her online dance studio, Natasha Tia Studio.
