Julia is a proud Wagiman woman born and raised on Ngunawal country in Canberra. She began her contemporary dance journey at Quantum Leap Dance in 2016 and has been fortunate to have enjoyed a variety of opportunities with the youth company. Some highlights include performing in Savage Daniel Riley’s first work as Artistic Director of ADT; and choreographing her own short work, Coloration in 2023 and collaborating and performing in Sue Healy’s film, Meeting Place (2022). Julia was also fortunate to travel to Bangkok, Thailand twice; once to tour with Bangkok Dance Academy in 2023, and again in 2024 to perform a contemporary Indigenous duet that she choreographed with another First Nations dancer in celebration of the King’s 6th Cycle Birthday Anniversary.
2025 saw Julia participate in a Dancenorth secondment in Townsville and take part in NAISDAs off-site Cultural residency in Nynikay; later that year she performed in Nevile William Boney piece Thigirilla Dreaming in NAISDA’s End of Year Show Echoing the Future.
Julia has been mentored by Ruth Osborne for majority of her dance life and has worked with many recognised choreographers including, Jack Zeizing, Melanie Lane, Gabrielle Nankivell and Jodie Farrugia.
Julia loves dance because of its creative process, and because it allows openness, free from judgement. She looks forward to the professionalism of Diploma and the 50th year of NAISDA and is excited for the year to come.