Stripper teaches art to school kids
Published: 03 June, 2009, 09:32
Edited: 27 February, 2010, 17:47
TAGS: Art, Show, Children, Conflict, Scandal, Russia
She teaches art to kids during the day and performs “Fairy Tales for Adults” at night. A scandal has rocked a school in a Russian city when it surfaced that a teacher-intern dances striptease at a night club.
It all started when a school girl was walking down the street in the centre of Yaroslavl and glanced at a poster advertising a strip dancing show, “Fairy Tales for Adults”, at a new night club.
Natasha attends a teacher training college in the city of Yaroslavl, and gets practical experience giving art lessons at local schools.
The 22-year-old is also dancing striptease at one of the local clubs.
Natasha tried to keep her nocturnal activities a secret – but the strip club plastered posters, depicting her and other strip girls, right across town.
The seventh grader was really surprised when she recognized a sexy looking girl on the photo as her teacher of World Artistic Culture.
The student made several shots of the ad with her mobile phone and showed them to her mum. And that’s when all the fuss over the story began.
Striptease: art of prostitution?
Surprisingly, instead of contacting the director of the school where her daughter studies, the indignant parent shared her anger with Yaroslavl’s TV channel. Since then, the school and the young teacher have been in the spotlight.
 Teacher by day… |
The parents of Natasha’s pupils fear that her evening extra-curricular activities might spill into the classroom.
To be more precise, parents are outraged. They say teachers have a moral obligation role models, and this is not the sort of impression they should be giving.
“I think pole dancing and striptease are forms of art. You need creativity and talent. But of course, I wouldn't dream of showing my students what I do!” Natasha responds.
One of the concerned parents, Natalia Altukhova, says her 13-year-old daughter got quite a shock from seeing her teacher scantily clad in public.
“Strip dancing is certainly not an art. It's crude and vulgar. And in this city most girls don't just strip, they also offer sexual services!” Natalia believes.
The school where Natasha works, is defending her artistic talents, saying her private life is her own business and she hasn't broken any school rules.
The school’s teachers refused to comment on camera, but they told RT they were disappointed that parents didn’t try to solve the problem within school walls and instead took it straight to the media.
“First, we don’t equate striptease with prostitution. Second, it’s no one’s business what a person does if it’s not connected with the school,” Svetlana Kuzmenko, the school’s Deputy Director told NTM TV as quoted by Komsomolskaya Pravda, or KP, newspaper.
Besides that, she added, the intern teacher taught children “in accordance with the Ministry of Education standards”, and kids were happy with her lessons.
Her hubby bought her a pole
The teacher, whose life has been put under a microscope, told KP that she was dancing at the club to earn extra money and make ends meet.
“When being shot for the advert I thought it would only be placed in the club,” she said.
 … and stripper by night. |
Overcome with emotion, she added: “I wish that resentful moralist [the schoolgirl’s mother] tried to survive on a 1,300 rouble ($US 40) scholarship!”
But what made Natasha really angry is that a striptease dancer was compared to a prostitute.
“Why are mothers trying to portray me in a negative light? I'm doing nothing immoral. I bet they're just jealous that I'm young and pretty and have a bright career ahead of me,” she says.
Worth mentioning, Natasha is married. And even though her husband is not very happy about his soul mate’s job, in the current situation he fully supports her. And…he bought her a pole to dance for him at home.
The teacher’s parents didn’t condemn her either. However, they suggested that she should stop dancing.
It’s not yet clear how the story will affect Natasha’s career. Also, it’s still not known which “art” Natasha will prefer: world art or the art of striptease?
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well i understand that it's a very thin line to walk..teachers are role models at all times, whether they like it or not. So, its up to the school board's discretion if the lovely lady in question is found to have a secret night-life. Just like any other scandal that could take place in any profession, if the position is one that plays as a roll model, then they must accept the fact that they might just get bbq'd..even sometimes just over a rumor! Still, I'm glad that this school/board in Russia hasn't burned her at the stake..in fact I bet all the little boys are making stellar grades in art class!
If she did nothing immoral, we should forget her another life. Although she does two extremely opposite jobs, that is her private life. As long as her career does not impact on her students, she can be said to be innocent. One of the most important things is we should look at whether or not she is a good teacher in her classroom. Unless she is a good teacher, we should force her to resign her job. Or we ought to try to understand her life. And, there is an alternative solution. That is the Russian government should consider to pay raise on teachers' salary.