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Nathalie Suzanne Marrable was born 23 August 1983 in South Africa and is professional dancer, choreographer and theatre performer. Her mother is Italian South African and her father is British.

Born and raised in South Africa, Nathalie left home after being scouted by South African premier danseur John Magnus of The Joffrey Ballet, with whom she trained on full scholarship. At age 16 she was offered a full bursary to attend the graduate level of Boston Ballet School, during which time she performed with the Company as part of the corps de ballet and demi soloist in productions such as The Nutcracker, Le Corsaire, La Bayadere, La Sylphide and The Sleeping Beauty. Upon graduation, Nathalie went on to dance professionally in classical productions around the globe with companies such as: Alberta Ballet, The Goh Ballet Youth Company, English National Ballet, Ontario Ballet Theatre, Canadian Symphony Orchestra and soloist with Synergy Contemporary Dance Company in London, England.

After some time in London Nathalie's attracted the attention of major European media agency Re animator, who after hearing her sing just one line of “All That Jazz", signed her as a priority artist. In 2006 she landed the lead role of Penny in an independent Germany tour of Dirty Dance Nights. This musical would go on to be the smash hit Dirty Dancing in London's West End. The role of Penny lead to a career on the theatrical stage and resulted in an offer to be Madonna's european dance/commercial performance double for film and television. Nathalie worked with the pop icon on a series of Japanese television ads for Brillia Mare Ariake shot by photographer and director Steven Klein.

In September 2009 Nathalie made her Canadian theatrical debut with The Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company as “Kitty” in director Max Reimer's The Drowsy Chaperone, which toured nationally in summer 2009 and ended with a sold out residency at the prestigious National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada. Nathalie received rave reviews for her hilarious performance as the lovable air head "Kitty". She returned to The Vancouver Playhouse for the winter season 2009 as Choreographer for the award winning hit musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

In February 2010, Nathalie attracted major attention when she was featured as a "Bublette", backing vocalist and dancer for Canadian super-star Michael Buble during the Vancouver Winter Olympics Closing Ceremonies. Broadcast to over 10 million people worldwide the performance was choreographed by famed Australian choreographer Nathan M. Wright from Avenue Q. In May 2010 Nathalie shared the stage with MTV awarded Turkish rock band maNga on the hit TV show Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo Norway. She performed as maNga's "Robot Girl" choreographed by DJ Paul Okenfold's former artistic; the band won second place.

Nathalie is on faculty for The Joffrey Ballet School’s Texas Workshop and dances at Radio City Music Hall. She is the Choreographer for the new "Adidas is all in" campaign in Turkey. Nathalie lives in New York City.

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