Biography

A captivating performer and creative force, Julia is dedicated to exploring the intersections between history and the contemporary world, bringing the past into the present, cutting to the core of the common human experience and in the process creating a richly sensual experience.

Photo: Rose Eichenberg, courtesy of the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation

An accomplished modern dancer and choreographer, Julia trained at the Boston Conservatory, graduating magna cum laude in 2000 with a BFA in Dance. From 2000 to 2005 she performed in various New York productions, with, among others, Tina Croll and Andrew Jannetti. In 2001 she joined Lori Belilove’s Isadora Duncan Dance Company. During the following 4 years, she came to a deep understanding of the technique and repertory, touring, performing and teaching in the United States and Europe.

Moving to Italy in 2005, she is currently an international representative of the Company, teaching throughout Italy and performing solo concerts. After joining the Art Monastery Project as Director of Programming in 2007, her interest in new work has taken an interdisciplinary turn. She has performed in and collaborated in the creation of new work in Lodz, Poland and Basel, Switzerland, incorporating actors, and singers.

In 2009 she brought the Isadora Duncan Dance Company to Umbria to create and premier La Clausura Sconfinata, an hour long dance theater work (developed with the Art Monastery) that explores the paradoxical richness of cloistered life through dance, baroque music and gregorian chant. She is currently developing a new work about the Sibylline oracles.