Distinguished Alumni: Julia Gleich

Ballet

Julia Gleich is Head of Choreography at London Studio Centre and is on faculty at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, where she teaches ballet and Limón. An internationally acclaimed choreographer, Gleich is interested in re-contextualizing ballet and bridging the gap between the traditional and the contemporary. Her site-specific dance works include performances in drained pools, on piers, and annual stint in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Plattsburg, NY. After graduating from the U (MFA Ballet ’94), she has based her work in London and New York, as founder of Norte Maar for Collaborative Projects in the Arts, Brooklyn, NY, Aegis Live Arts in London, and Gleich Dances.