Madame Natasha

 Madame Natasha is a character in Barbie in The Pink Shoes. She is the lead instructor of a ballet academy, and she coaches rehearsals for the dancers. Natasha is voiced by Tabitha St. Germain.

Story
Madame Natasha's ballet company would be performing a showcase of some of their best numbers in front of talent scouts from an international ballet company. These scouts had discovered some of the most famous ballerinas in the world. If they liked what they saw tonight, they might consider casting some of the dancers in their company.

Kristyn Farraday considers Madame Natasha to be hard on some dancers, but only because she wants the best from them. She repeats herself a lot during rehearsals, something Kristyn and her friend Hailey find amusing, but she doesn't like starting rehearsals again because of inadequate performances. Madame Natasha is only happy when ballet steps are performed precisely how she wants them, and she doesn't approve of dancers not following the steps.

Madame Natasha is strict on the dancers, no matter their age. However, she is more tactful with younger dancers than she is with older ones. Tara Pennington, the principal female dancer in the company, always performs exactly as Madame Natasha wants her to, so Madame Natasha always saves the best dances for her. Dancers that are unable to reach Madame Natasha's standards can be singled out, which some dancers can find embarrassing. When Kristyn stopped following the choreography during the last rehearsal before the international company would watch, Madame Natasha was furious. She warned Kristyn she would have to leave the company if she carried on doing it. At the end of the film, Natasha apologized to Kristyn for not accepting her individuality, and trying to turn her into a "second Tara" when they needed a "first Kristyn" to impress the ballet scouts.

Personality
Madame Natasha is strict, overconfident and targeted woman but cares about her students. She tries to warn Kristyn that dancing her own way won't be good. But after seeing her performance she apologizes to her.

Appearance
Madame Natasha has light skin and grey hair pulled back into a tight bun on top of her head. She wears all black, and her shoes have low heels on them. At the final performance of the film, she wears a black dress with a blue and white snow flake pin pinned to the collar of her dress.

Quotes

 * "That's right, every move needs to be precise, exact, controlled. You will be perfect!"
 * "I see that I was trying to turn you into a second Tara, but what I really needed, was the first Kristyn."
 * "Class starts tomorrow promptly at nine thirty, and please... bring your good ideas."
 * "Stop the music! That means you Kristyn!!"

Trivia

 * The snow Queen looks somewhat same to Madame Natasha