| Julia Halpin |
Bio
Julia is a native of beautiful Santa Cruz, California. She studied classical ballet with Santa Cruz Ballet Theater, before moving to Virginia where she was offered a trainee position with the Richmond Ballet. During her two years in Richmond, she had the opportunity to be a part of many full length ballets, including The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet and Stoner Winslett's Windows. Before moving to New York, Julia spent two seasons in California where she danced with the State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara and City Ballet of San Diego. While in Santa Barbara, she was extremely honored to be able to dance in Giselle, one of her all-time favorite ballets. At City Ballet she danced as a soloist in The Nutcracker and The Magic Flute.
Upon moving to New York City in 2001, she was asked join a Latin Ballroom ensemble, where she received competition quality training, performing at ballroom events throughout NY State. She has been fortunate to train with several great Latin dance coaches over the years, including Christian Baerens, Martina Kocichova, Israel Martinez and Talia Castro-Pozo. This experience was the main catalyst for her never-fading intrigue in other forms of dance.
In 2002 she plunged into yoga teacher training with TriYoga International. This new endeavor quickly dominoed into a full-on career in fitness, mainly as a personal trainer. Julia holds several certifications including Pilates, Kettle Bells, TRX, and more. She specializes in post rehab exercise, injury prevention, and conditioning for dancers. This transition into the fitness world, very much influenced her feelings about dance, as a sport as well as an art.
The diversity of the dance scene in NYC is one of the things Julia appreciates most about this great city. She has been able to study with the best of the best, in jazz, contemporary, Latin, ballroom, swing, hip hop, salsa and even aerial acrobatics. She has studied Forsythe improvisational techniques with Natalie Thomas, and has received private coaching with Tony Scheppler, ballroom and theater arts champion. She has performed with Latin dance troops, ballet and modern companies, in off off Broadway shows, and in the independent film On the Road with Judas. In March of 2011, she not only performed in, but produced and directed her first half-length showcase as part of The QAS at Webster Hall. She has been a regular solo performer at Taj Lounge Salsa Mondays. In September of 2011, she danced with BalaSole Dance Company, as a featured soloist. And as of October 2012, she became an artist in residence at The Muse Brooklyn, where she not only teaches and performs, she also helped build the space! It was at The Muse where she produced, directed, and choreographed, her first evening length work, Love Don't Come Easy, which featured dancers of many different styles; jazz, swing, acrobatics, breakdancing (to name a few).
With all of these opportunities at her finger tips, she continues to thrive as a dancer, athlete and artist.
Upon moving to New York City in 2001, she was asked join a Latin Ballroom ensemble, where she received competition quality training, performing at ballroom events throughout NY State. She has been fortunate to train with several great Latin dance coaches over the years, including Christian Baerens, Martina Kocichova, Israel Martinez and Talia Castro-Pozo. This experience was the main catalyst for her never-fading intrigue in other forms of dance.
In 2002 she plunged into yoga teacher training with TriYoga International. This new endeavor quickly dominoed into a full-on career in fitness, mainly as a personal trainer. Julia holds several certifications including Pilates, Kettle Bells, TRX, and more. She specializes in post rehab exercise, injury prevention, and conditioning for dancers. This transition into the fitness world, very much influenced her feelings about dance, as a sport as well as an art.
The diversity of the dance scene in NYC is one of the things Julia appreciates most about this great city. She has been able to study with the best of the best, in jazz, contemporary, Latin, ballroom, swing, hip hop, salsa and even aerial acrobatics. She has studied Forsythe improvisational techniques with Natalie Thomas, and has received private coaching with Tony Scheppler, ballroom and theater arts champion. She has performed with Latin dance troops, ballet and modern companies, in off off Broadway shows, and in the independent film On the Road with Judas. In March of 2011, she not only performed in, but produced and directed her first half-length showcase as part of The QAS at Webster Hall. She has been a regular solo performer at Taj Lounge Salsa Mondays. In September of 2011, she danced with BalaSole Dance Company, as a featured soloist. And as of October 2012, she became an artist in residence at The Muse Brooklyn, where she not only teaches and performs, she also helped build the space! It was at The Muse where she produced, directed, and choreographed, her first evening length work, Love Don't Come Easy, which featured dancers of many different styles; jazz, swing, acrobatics, breakdancing (to name a few).
With all of these opportunities at her finger tips, she continues to thrive as a dancer, athlete and artist.
