Tami Stronach

Tamara Stronach (born July 31, 1972 in Tehran, Iran) is a dancer and choreographer who has also worked as an actress.

Stronach was born to Israeli and Scottish parents. Her father, David Stronach, is a renowned archeologist of ruins of Ancient Persia (modern-day Iran) and a professor at UC Berkeley. David met his wife, an Israeli Archeologist name Ruth Vaadia, in Teheran, where they both worked on excavations at a Tehran site. They got married shortly afterwards, and Tami is their second child.

The family fled during the Iranian Revolution. [ [http://www.archaeology.org/0403/etc/president.html From the President: Gentleman and Scholar ] ] They fled to Israel in 1978 where they lived for few years till the family had to relocate again to the U.S.A for a job David got as a professor of Archeology.

Stronach made her acting debut as "The Childlike Empress" in "The Neverending Story" (1984), a film adaptation of the novel "Die Unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story)" by Michael Ende. She has not since had many known acting roles; she has recently explained that her parents preferred that she not further pursue acting to avoid the possible dangers many child actors in both movies and television sometimes encounter. [ [http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/forgotten%20never%20ending%20story%20star%20returns Forgotten Never Ending Story Star Returns ] ] She has nevertheless since acted in Chambre at La Ma Ma, and she has further studied acting with Laura Esterman. [http://www.netacompany.org/thecompany.htm] More recently, she has suggested that she would like to return to acting after her hiatus.

She also released a 45 rpm single LP around the same time as "The Neverending Story" entitled "Tami Stronach - Fairy Queen". The songs on the album are called "Fairy Queen" and "Riding On a Rainbow." The tracks are of similar synthpop orientation as the Giorgio Moroder/Limahl "Neverending Story" theme, and may have been an attempt to capitalize on its success. [ [http://www.cdandlp.com/liste/p_produit.cfm?lng=2&what=artiste&n_ref=1126505849&tete=tami%20stronach for sale on CDandLP.com ] ] Dead link|date=July 2008

Since the days of her childhood role, she has become a member of a well-respected Israeli dance troupe based in the U.S, the Neta Dance Company, joining them in 1996, she performed with the company mostly in places like the U.S, Israel and Europe. [ [http://www.tamistronach.com/bio.html Tami Stronach Bio ] ] She has also choreographed and performed her own works, including "The Maid and the Marmalade" and "Contain yourself, darling." While her own work has typically been performed in New York City, she has begun more recently to take this abroad, such as with a tour of Australia in July 2006. [ [http://www.nymf.org/module-ShowManager-display-sid-705.html NYMF 2008 Full Productions :: New York Musical Theatre Festival ] ]

External links

* [http://www.tamistronach.com/index.html Tami Stronach Dance Website]
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* [http://www.moviehole.net/news/5570.html Moviehole MailBag 5/5/05]
* [http://www.netacompany.org/thecompany.htm Neta Dance Company: The Company]
* [http://141.24.37.187/paulchen/coll/music/e_sndtrrst.htm The Neverending Story - More Soundtracks]

Dance and choreography reviews

* [http://www.danceinsider.com/f2005/f0512_2.html The Dance Insider]
* [http://www.offoffoff.com/dance/2003/containyourself.php Offoffoff.com Dance Review]
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/dance/0520,webjowitt,63996,14.html The Village Voice]

References

*Stronach, Tami. [http://www.tamistronach.com/mothertongue.html "Tami Stronach 'Mother Tongue'"] , Tami Stronach Dance. Accessed September 27 2007.
*Waldbaum, Jane C. [http://www.archaeology.org/0403/etc/president.html "From the President: Gentleman and Scholar"] , "Archaeology Magazine", Volume 57 Number 2, March/April 2004. Accessed September 27 2007.
* [http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/forgotten%20never%20ending%20story%20star%20returns "FORGOTTEN NEVER ENDING STORY STAR RETURNS"] , ContactMusic.com, June 5 2005. Accessed September 27 2007.
*Morris, Clint. [http://www.moviehole.net/news/5570.html "Movie Hole Mailbag - 5/5/05"] , Moviehole.net, May 5 2005. Accessed September 27 2007.
* [http://www.netacompany.org/thecompany.htm Neta Dance Company the company] , Netacompany.org. Accessed September 27 2007.
* [http://www.cdandlp.com/liste/p_produit.cfm?lng=2&what=artiste&n_ref=1126505849&tete=tami%20stronach "TAMI STRONACH fairy queen (by ralph siegel)"] , CDandLP.com. Accessed September 27 2007.
*Stronach, Tami. [http://www.tamistronach.com/bio.html "Tami Stronach Bio"] , Tami Stronach Dance. Accessed September 27 2007.
* [http://community.abc6.com/view_day.php?day=20&month=6&year=2006 "June 20, 2006"] , ABC6 News (Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts), June 20 2006. Accessed September 27 2007.
* [http://www.nymf.org/module-ShowManager-display-sid-705.html "New York Musical Theatre Festival"] , The New York Musical Theater Festival (official Web site). Accessed September 27 2007.