Natalie Marrone has spent the last decade teaching dance in University programs including such prestigious programs as The Ohio State University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Western Michigan University, Emory University, Oberlin College, Bowling Green State University, California State University, and University of North Carolina. She received a Master in Fine Arts degree from The Ohio State University in dance in 1998 and simultaneously founded her own dance company, The Dance Cure that year. She has had the benefit of teaching in B.A. and B.F.A. programs, large public universities and small private colleges. She has also written program curricula, served on audition committees, and served on university wide administration committees, giving her an inside perspective on administrative effects on a dance program and its faculty. Ms. Marrone is also a graduate of Columbus' prestigious Academy for Leadership and Governance/next generation of arts leaders program under the direction of Donn Vickers. Marrone's choreography and research has been conducted all over the world, including the USA, Europe, and Asia.